The cultural shift required to address the climate crisis calls on the cultural sector to look closely at the sites of ecocide globally, to understand the relationship between white supremacy, colonialism and ecological degradation. Frontline communities resisting extraction have been at the forefront of challenging the current rate of exploitation and exposing the absence of monitoring and restoration of vital ecosystems that have brought us to this planetary tipping point.

In this talk, Suzanne will explore how the climate crisis intersects with the ongoing colonial exploitation of crucial ecosystems such as the Athabasca Delta in the Canadian Tar Sands to the Niger Delta. She will share her practice as a climate justice creative to expose the webs of corporate and financial power that have led to the current crisis. Through working in international, intergenerational solidarity her work has sought to uplift those challenging the paradigm which has led to the devastation which characterises the Anthropocene.

Lecture is part of Politics and Performance Series organised at the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR). Politics and Performance Series is organised by Sruti Bala and Elize Mazadiego.