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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

  • Gillian Daniel,

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

  • Prof. Gaik Cheng Khoo,

Malaysian art is gaining international recognition for its focus on climate change and as a tool for social change.

Museum climate requirements raise issues of fairness and access in Southeast Asia

  • A/Prof. Nicole Tse,

‘Universal’ assumptions about suitable climates for collections usually represent particular ideas about cultural preservation and overlook others.

INTERVIEW: You are what you eat—Representing the politics and privilege of palm oil production and consumption

  • Elia Nurvista,

“My main goal is for people to see the complexity of consumption and globalisation and not take their privilege for granted.”

Land and water: Seeing Southeast Asian landscapes with a ‘regional eye’

  • Dr Roger Nelson,

Towards understanding the natural world not as eternal, fixed and stable, but as constantly transforming with monsoon rains.

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