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Re-examining colonial-era maritime pictures of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore can help shift attitudes about the climate crisis
An eco-critical re-examination of colonial-era maritime pictures within public institutions can help prompt the attitude shifts necessary for action.
Global environmental problems: Reflections on selected Malaysian contemporary artworks
Malaysian art is gaining international recognition for its focus on climate change and as a tool for social change.
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.
INTERVIEW: You are what you eat—Representing the politics and privilege of palm oil production and consumption
“My main goal is for people to see the complexity of consumption and globalisation and not take their privilege for granted.”
Art as intervention: Environmental creativity in Kachin State, Myanmar
Creative activists continue to inspire environmental resistance in Myanmar.