The Urgencies of Water: Thinking Across and Through the Indian Ocean

Talk

WHEN Monday, December 8, 2025
6-7:30 PM WHERE NYUAD Institute Building, Lecture Hall WHO NYU Abu Dhabi Institute Open to the Public

In this talk, the speaker will explore a series of objects that highlight the tension between two divergent ways of understanding the Indian Ocean: as a maritime thoroughfare shaped by the forces of trade and intrepid merchants, and as a deep, watery, and populated space brought into focus by the urgencies of rising ecological devastation. The talk discusses how these competing frameworks continue to shape oceanic thinking today.
Speakers
  • Nancy Um, Associate Director for Research and Knowledge Creation, Getty Research Institute

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