Aridity Lines: Blood in the Water: interspecies alliances in the Mediterranean Sea

In the second episode of Aridity Lines, my guest is Ala Tannir, an architect, researcher, and curator from Beirut, Lebanon. We focus on her work and research concerned with exploring the Mediterranean Sea as a space of resistance and possible interspecies alliances. Where Tannir maps out new currents of movement of jellyfish and humans at risk in the Mediterranean Sea. She connects the undefeated underwater species, which thrive in ailing seas where oxygen levels are low, with the movement (or the denial thereof of vulnerable human beings) above water to help us understand how the crisis of climate change and its effects on the Mediterranean and that of global forced migrations are not separate, but in fact driven by the same extractive forces. Guest: Ala Tannir Hosted by Reem Shadid Edited by Barbara Casavecchia and Reem Shadid Introduction and credits voice over: Jinane Chaaya Sound editor: Moe Choucair Produced by María Montero Sierra