"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
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
"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"