Dr. Rami G. Khouri interviews Dr. Nikolas Kosmatopoulos on DemocraSea Politics. The sea matters in different ways to all the people who share it – in trade, migration, political protest, environmental conditions, labor, and other areas. But its prevailing rules and perceptions, set by modern European powers or centuries-old systems designed in imperial days for much larger oceans, need to be revised.
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Lesvos, Greece
A conversation Bridget Anderson (Bristol University), Elisa Kim (Smith College), and Radhika Subramaniam (The New School)
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Lesvos, Greece
Conversation between Michael Dodson-Sifnaios (Architect & Artist, Lesvos), Grey Filastine (Artist & Musician, Barcelona), Miriam Ticktin (The New School), and Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol)
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Lesvos, Greece
Moderated by Sarah Green (University of Helsinki) with Heath Cabot & Salvatore Poier (University of Pittsburgh), and Daniela Melfa (University of Catania)
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Lesvos, Greece
Moderated by Heath Cabot (University of Pittsburgh) with Miriam Ticktin (The New School), Elisa Kim (Smith College)
Read MoreCOMMONS
Lesvos, Greece
Moderated by Elisa Kim, Smith College with Nandita Sharma (University of Hawaii), and Abir Saksouk-Sasso (Dictaphone Beirut)
Read MoreLet all know how empty and worthless is the power of kings’…A Sea View - Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol. Dystopic Utopias and the Uchronian Dystopias Across the Seas: The Imagination of Futurism - Marwa Elshakry, Columbia University
Read MoreCheck out our latest podcast ‘Traces’ on ‘Forensic Oceanography’, ‘The Dalieh Campaign’, and ‘Plastics in the Water’
With Lorenzo Pezzani (Goldsmiths), Charles Heller (Geneva University), Abir Saksouk-Sasso (Architect, Dictaphone Beirut), and Konstantinos Topouzelis (Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean)
Read MoreTopic - Authority at the Port: Industry, Labor, and War - Laura Y. Liu, The New School
Read MoreAs part of the welcoming note for the first FLOATS meeting in Lesvos, Greece, Nikolas Kosmatopoulos, Marwa Elshakry, Venetia Kantza, and Akis Papataxiarchis elaborate on the origins of this new rethink-tank and explain how it can help change perceptions of the sea.
Read MoreNikolas Kosmatopoulos sat down with Michael Taussig to talk about his much-acclaimed essay, "The Beach (A Fantasy)" and how Dr. Taussig would write the essay today.
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Noor Ali, a student at the American University of Beirut sat down with the captain of the FLOATS ship, Dr. Nikolas Kosmatopoulos, to talk about themes of memory, refuge, resistance (among others) in relation to the sea.
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