The Cost of Sustainability: Archaeology and Maritime Dispossession in the Eastern Mediterranean

A public talk titled 'The Cost of Sustainability: Archaeology and Maritime Dispossession in the Eastern Mediterranean', given by Georgia Andreou, a Lecturer in Archaeology and Sustainability at the University of Southampton, with Kristin Hopper of Durham University responding. It examines how pursuing heritage and environmental sustainability affects local communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, using maritime heritage examples from Gaza and Cyprus, where rubble-management plans and underwater heritage projects raise ethical, political and environmental questions. The talk is facilitated by the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies at Birkbeck in partnership with the Palestine Exploration Fund and the Raphael Samuel History Centre.