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Emergent Film Production in the Pacific: Oceanic Strategies of Connection and Exchange

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 19 May 2021 / Comments Off on Emergent Film Production in the Pacific: Oceanic Strategies of Connection and Exchange

Emergent Film Production in the Pacific: Oceanic Strategies of Connection and Exchange Cultural policies that promote film production and exchange in small island states face numerous challenges (including training, funding, and infrastructure). Yet, in the Pacific, Indigenous film-making is a key strategy for redressing reductive framing of the region during the colonial period (which continues…

In the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 7 May 2020 / Comments Off on In the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea

A reflection on being at sea during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What Can the Arts Do in the Face of Climate Change?

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 October 2019 / Comments Off on What Can the Arts Do in the Face of Climate Change?

The arts helped shine a light on issues in the past, and now in the 21st century, it could help define global ecological citizenship.

Allan Sekula: Okeanos (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 3 August 2018 / Comments Off on Allan Sekula: Okeanos (Book Review)

The book OKEANOS illustrates, documents, and discusses several projects that focus on shipping by Allan Sekula (1951–2013), an American documentary photographer and theorist.

Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 28 February 2017 / Comments Off on Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development

Many people and organisations argue there is an intrinsically positive link between culture and sustainability. We argue not. Though we propose four strategic paths through which connections can be strengthened and put to use.

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