The Appraising Risk Partnership
A Historical Database of Climatic Crises in the Indian Ocean World
The Historical Database ↗
A major element of the partnership is dedicated to the creation of a database that can be used to store, categorize, analyze and disseminate information about historical events and locations in the Indian Ocean World.
Maps and Visualizations ↗
One of the goals of the Appraising Risk partnership is to utilize data collected from diverse specialties and disciplines to analyze and visualize the complex relationship between environment, ecology, culture and history in the Indian Ocean World.
The IOW Podcast ↗
The Indian Ocean World Podcast seeks to educate and inform its listeners on topics concerning the relationship between humans and the environment throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World.
Our Project
The Appraising Risk Partnership is an international collaboration of scholars and researchers dedicated to exploring the critical role of climatic crisis in the past and future of the Indian Ocean World. With generous support from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the partnership seeks to create a comprehensive spatial and temporal database of human-environment interaction and interdependence during periods of climatic change.
Latest from the Partnership:
The Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC) is a research initiative and resource base established to promote the study of the history, economy, and cultures of the lands and peoples of the Indian Ocean world (IOW) – from China to Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Our most recent podcast:
Fiona Williamson – Imperial Weather: Meteorology, Science, and the Environment in Colonial Malaya – The Indian Ocean World Podcast
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