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FLOATING LABORATORY OF ACTION AND THEORY AT SEA

We are an international experimental platform aiming to generate, pluralize, popularize social-scientific knowledge around the sea through research, pedagogy, media, activism, community action.

We follow a hybrid - theory/action - approach to develop concepts, campaigns and collaborations between academics, artists, activists and the public.

 

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WATCH: Local Traditions and Fishing in Sour (Yara Mroueh)
WATCH: Local Traditions and Fishing in Sour (Yara Mroueh)
LISTEN: ' Professors at Work' Podcast: The Invisible Sea is a Place of Floating Democratic Politics (Nikolas Kosmatopoulos)
LISTEN: ' Professors at Work' Podcast: The Invisible Sea is a Place of Floating Democratic Politics (Nikolas Kosmatopoulos)
WATCH: From Merchants to Tycoons: Greek Shipping in Ottomanism, Colonialism, Capitalism (dëcoloиıze hellάş)
WATCH: From Merchants to Tycoons: Greek Shipping in Ottomanism, Colonialism, Capitalism (dëcoloиıze hellάş)
WATCH: Anti-Periplous: Of Other Ships (dëcoloиıze hellάş-FLOATS)
WATCH: Anti-Periplous: Of Other Ships (dëcoloиıze hellάş-FLOATS)
READ:Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World (Book Review, Dr. Nikolas Kosmatopoulos)
READ:Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World (Book Review, Dr. Nikolas Kosmatopoulos)
READ: Seaspiracy: A Call for Action, or a Call for Veganism? (Tea Jaber)
READ: Seaspiracy: A Call for Action, or a Call for Veganism? (Tea Jaber)
READ: Sea Change: Challenging the International (State) System (Kylar Cade)
READ: Sea Change: Challenging the International (State) System (Kylar Cade)
READ: Gender and The Sea: Women in the Maritime World History (Tracy Egho)
READ: Gender and The Sea: Women in the Maritime World History (Tracy Egho)
READ: Millionaires’ Markets: A Deep Dive into Offshore Havens (Lena Zeidan)
READ: Millionaires’ Markets: A Deep Dive into Offshore Havens (Lena Zeidan)
FILM: On Deepwater Horizon by Simon Hitzig
FILM: On Deepwater Horizon by Simon Hitzig
FILM: Micronations by Samuel Garrett
FILM: Micronations by Samuel Garrett
WATCH: Cosmopolitics at Sea - A Visual Panel for #Distribute
WATCH: Cosmopolitics at Sea - A Visual Panel for #Distribute
READ: Growth in the docks: ports, metabolic flows and socio-environmental impacts (Borja Nogué-Algueró)
READ: Growth in the docks: ports, metabolic flows and socio-environmental impacts (Borja Nogué-Algueró)
READ: Maritime Labour Law – The Regime Behind the Invisible Global Workforce (Carina Radler)
READ: Maritime Labour Law – The Regime Behind the Invisible Global Workforce (Carina Radler)
READ: Strategic Approaches to Maritime Chokepoints in a Globalized World - Case studies in Bab el-Mandeb (Thomas Spence)
READ: Strategic Approaches to Maritime Chokepoints in a Globalized World - Case studies in Bab el-Mandeb (Thomas Spence)
 
 

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Meet our crew, Learn about our PUBLICATIONS, and stay up to date on our public events.

 
 

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LISTEN: Episode 12 "FLOWS"
LISTEN: Episode 12 "FLOWS"
LISTEN: Episode 11 "FOLDS"
LISTEN: Episode 11 "FOLDS"
LISTEN: Episode 10 "REGION"
LISTEN: Episode 10 "REGION"
LISTEN: Episode 9 "TECHNOLOGIES"
LISTEN: Episode 9 "TECHNOLOGIES"
 

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Beirut ~ what are you waiting for? #nofilter #Beirut #sea #floating #criticalthinking
Dear fellow floaters – check out our first FLOATS newsletter! https://floatsea.org/s/FLOATS-newsletter.pdf ~ Stay tuned for more info on news and activities floating your way soon ~ Click here to sign up to our newsletter: https://floats
Sarah Green is a social anthropologist from the University of Helsinki, with regional specialisation in the Balkans, Greece and the Mediterranean. We have the pleasure of announcing her as a speaker at this year's conference in #Lesvos. -------------
Charles Heller & Lorenzo Pezzani, founders of Forensic Oceanography @forensicarchitecture and Watch the Med will be presenting at our floating discussion in #Lesvos this summer, July 13-15. Register to attend at info@floatsea.org. The working lan
Dr. Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research, will be speaking at our 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos! Her research has focused in the broadest sense on what it means to make political claims
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let