"The extension of the national #maritime #infrastructure network follows mainstream development narratives centered around the spatial reorganization and expansion of #capitalism to cater to the needs of industrial and commercial accumulation. Local well-being initiatives rooted in local livelihoods, identity, culture, and environmental #conservation form the basis for resisting #Colombia's #Tribugá #Port project"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0094582X231176782
Contested Ports is a collaborative, non-exhaustive platform that documents conflicts between people and #ports. It highlights community resistance strategies and is a hub to share resources that deepen critical engagement with the unsustainable effects of #maritime #logistics
"Massive modern port projects across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean in the twenty-first century are where anxieties about the global economy, state sovereignty, and climate change converge."
Special issue of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East on #ports in #SouthAsia
I've been collecting "lifeblood" metaphors about goods movement for a while. #MaskOffMaersk #CounterPort #GazaProtests
A nice review of #OilBeach has come in from Choice (American Library Association):
"harbors are regions of complex and global interactions between humans and their environment, complicating #biodiversity #conservation and restoration efforts... Highly recommended."
#Shipping #EnvHist @sts #STS @geography @commodon #Commodon #HistSTM #oil #energy #pollution #ClimateCrisis #ToxicLA #CounterPort @bookstodon
