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How Indonesian creativity can influence dominant ideas of design and sustainability
Fresh Indonesian approaches to design, such as repair, are helping address urgent issues caused by climate breakdown.
INTRODUCTION: How creative art helps us understand & represent nature & climate change
Southeast Asian visual art, film, literature, photography and design help us grapple with the slow unfolding of crises such as rising sea levels, pollution and drought.
The potential and risks of environmental storytelling in Southeast Asia
Deeper understanding of planetary crises requires the insights from the arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.
The myth and politics of nature in Laksmi Pamuntjak’s novel Amba
Amba presents political events as unfolding within the more enduring cycles of nature, and of myth.
Indigenous voices against the Kaliwa dam in the Philippines: Short video documentaries
These films raise awareness of the environmental destruction caused by the dam and the impact on Indigenous communities.