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Why Mekong
Culture WELL?
- Freshwater justice is central to forging inclusive futures for everyone
- Flowing through five countries, the struggle for a vital Mekong is a global struggle
- 60+ million people in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam depend on the Lower Mekong River
- The Mekong nurtures and feeds diverse cultures, communities, environments and economies
- Mekong livelihoods and ecologies are impacted by global warming, dams and industrialization
- Local and global food security are imperiled
ECHOES of the EARTH
Following JMC graduate contributions. Footage donated by Internationally renowned filmmaker Kalyanee Mam.
- Myrah Beverly (CCP 2022)
- Owen Wesorick (CCP 2022)
- Garrett Boudreaux (MSU, Film 2022)
Participating students will:
- Conduct immersive field research in ecology, cultural studies and interdisciplinary environmental studies
- Study the impact of climate change, damming and industrialization on livelihoods and ecosystems
- Use multimedia storytelling to show changing life on the Mekong River
- Build waterjustice solidarities with students, environmental justice activists and artists in Michigan and Southeast Asia
grow closer to my home
Residing on houseboats on (Tonle Sap) Lake, we spent four days conducting interviews [in Khmer language] with area residents, both those who lived on the water and those who lived on land, in order to gain an understanding of how political, ecological and climate change was affecting their livelihoods…the conversations we had and the obstacles we encountered as we tried to understand peoples’ stories and impressions pushed us to learn in new and different ways…
Reach out to mekongculturewell@gmail.com