Waves of Sound, Wrecks of History: Radio FreeDom and Multimodal Mapping in Réunion
“I found something… it looks like an airplane wing.” This live, unfiltered announcement on Radio FreeDom in 2015 (also linked on the map at the northeast of Réunion Island) sent shockwaves across Réunion Island and the world. A caller, simply going about his day on the beach, made an extraordinary discovery: part of MH370, the […]
🌊 The Wreck of the Tresta Star: An Ongoing Environmental Crisis in Réunion 🌊 This recording from Radio FreeDom—a station known for its libre antenne, where anyone can speak freely without filters—captures a local’s frustration with the abandoned Tresta Star wreck.
“I found something… it looks like an airplane wing!” Radio FreeDom caller discovers MH-370 wreckage
TITANIC made in 974 🇷🇪 (Tresta-Star) #974 #reunionisland #iledelareunion
Oceans Lab Hosts Mapping and Counter-mapping Conference
Mapping is a mode of storytelling. Yet, cartography is often concentrated in the hands of the powerful. In response, “counter-mapping” has developed as a practice that empowers communities to challenge hegemonic narratives about space and foreground subaltern knowledge. Through this 2-day event, faculty, students, and practitioners explored how mapping and counter-mapping might contribute to ethnographic […]