Dewi Tan

East Coast Park. Photo by Dewi Tan

Talk & Lecture
 

Lectures by Professor Adam Switzer (NTU, Asian School of Environment)
Media artist & researcher Dewi Tan (NTU, School of Art, Design, Media, PhD student)
Moderated by Professor Ute Meta Bauer (NTU, School of Art, Design, Media)

The Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies Lecture Series is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

Coastal Defence Measures for Rising Tides: A Case Study on Singapore’s Long Island Plan

Tuesday, 12 November 2024 · 6:30 - 8:30 PM

As the urgency of climate-change induced sea level rise threatens Singapore’s coastlines, many technological solutions have been offered to mitigate its worsening effects. In this lecture, moderated by Professor Ute Meta Bauer, Professor Adam Switzer and media artist, researcher, and NTU ADM PhD student Dewi Tan will explore the different strategies adopted to mitigate urban flood risk and build flood resilience in Jakarta and Singapore, including a discussion on The Long Island Plan. This lecture will address coastal development through the lens of engineering solutions and critical artistic practices to understand the socio-economic and ecological potentials and consequences of this newest terraforming endeavour.

Tuesday,12 November 2024, 6:30 – 8:00pm 
The Hall, NTU CCA
Gillman Barracks, Singapore, 108934

About the Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies Lecture Series
This series brings together artists, policymakers and advocates with academic researchers from NTU’s ‘Climate Transformation Programme’ (CTP) and other academic programmes. Through the triangulation of science-culture-society, we hope to foster a conversation that expands our knowledge of the challenges that confronts us in Singapore and in the broader region.