political economy
In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which…
Read MoreThis article explores the political economy of the re-uptake of wind propulsion for maritime cargo transport so as to shift this sector onto a decarbonization pathway.
Read MoreFriction in the Creative City The Indonesian city of Bandung presents itself as an “emerging creative city.” This raises the question of how an “emerging” creative city can attain realisation: when and where is the creative city accomplished? The formalisation of the creative city creates friction – to borrow the term from Tsing. This friction manifests in…
Read MoreSeafarers may be invisible; they are also indispensable. Despite the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is thanks to seafarers that the life as we know it still mostly exists.
Read MoreIn early 2020, stranded cruise ships became a stark symbol of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Now it’s seafarers stranded on cargo ships.
Read MoreDe honderdduizenden zeelieden die niet aan wal raken, zijn de onzichtbare slachtoffers van de corona-epidemie. Toch zijn de rederijen niet snel geneigd om hun bemanningen te wisselen. Daar moet verandering in komen.
Read MoreSome 400,000 seafarers are currently stuck on ships, past the end of their contracts, unable to go home.
Read MoreHundreds of thousands of maritime workers remain stranded at sea because many countries refuse to classify them as “essential workers” – it’s time to bring them home.
Read MoreWhen international ports close, what happens to those at sea?
Read MoreThis co-authored book Global Cultural Economy critically interrogates the role cultural and creative industries play in societies.
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