Madagascar is one of the world’s great biodiversity hotspots, home to unique species and breathtaking landscapes. At the same time, it is also a country facing profound socio-economic challenges, including water scarcity, rapid environmental change and shifting livelihoods, as well as political upheaval inspired by global generation Z protests.
How do these two worlds meet? And how can we, through photography, reveal the deep connection between people and nature in a place where ecological richness and everyday uncertainty exist side by side?
Join us on 12 February for an afternoon that brings these questions to life through research, photography and personal stories from the field. The lecture starts at 16:00 (walk in at 15:30) and after there are drinks at 17:30.
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Speakers
🏘️ Sara de Wit - Anthropologist at Leiden University with extensive experience in southern Madagascar. Her work focuses on water, uncertainty and community perspectives on environmental change. She will share insights from her research and her collaboration with a photographer that resulted in a striking visual series on water and resilience.
🔗 Project website: http://ontheothersideofthecrystal.com/
📸 Bart van Engeldorp Gastelaars - Environmental scientist, biologist and wildlife photographer who recently travelled to Madagascar to document its landscapes and wildlife.
🔗 Website: https://www.picturingwildlife.com/nl/home-2/
📸 Krijn Trimbos - Wildlife photographer and environmental scientist at Leiden University. Krijn also joined the recent photography expedition to Madagascar.
🔗 Website: https://trimbosphotography.com/madagascar/
Photos from: Krijn Trimbos and Bart van Engeldorp Gastelaars