24 Nov 2021
16:15  - 18:00

Zoom

Veranstalter:
Institute of Social Anthropology

Öffentliche Veranstaltung, Kolloquium / Seminar

Exploring urban environmental futures (research project)

Presentation by Dr. Silke Oldenburg, Anthropology, University of Basel

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If you would like to join the Zoom session, please contact s.burri@unibas.ch.

Climate change and the rising sea level have become pressing environmental challenges for cities worldwide. In Cartagena de Indias, a Colombian port and world heritage city, climatic threat forces the city government to develop policies to mitigate flooding risk, preserve urban infrastructure and prepare for the future. These policies have been gathered in the city’s Plan 4C, which provides a framework for planning and action to become climate compatible development by 2040. However, from the perspective of the residents, flooding risk is not new in a city where several neighbourhoods are built directly on wetlands. Imagining and anticipating possible future scenarios are crucial for urban planning, but also for ordinary citizens dealing with increasing urban complexities in their everyday lives.

This presentation draws on recent ethnographic research in Cartagena (June/ July 2021) and aims to provide an overview of the practices, meanings and policies surrounding the mangrove forests in the neighbourhood of Olaya Herrera.


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