The Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) at University of California, Santa Cruz and Aarhus University Research on the Anthropocene (AURA) invite you to join us for our Spring Slow Seminar “More-than-Human Water Engineers”

Professor Anna Tsing (Anthropology, UCSC) will facilitate our conversation drawing on a selection of scholarship on more-than-human water engineering in wetland environments. In our reading and discussion, we will consider the following questions: Can nonhumans be ecosystem engineers? Are sago palms “the beavers of Southeast Asia”? What agents shape the salt/freshwater line? How is Southeast Asia relevant to understanding wetlands around the world?

Please register for the Slow Seminar. Registered guests will receive copies of the selected readings via email.

This is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person at UCSC or Aarhus or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out at least 1 hour before the event. Registration will close at midnight on May 10, 2026.

New to Slow Seminars? Check out SEACoast’s definition here.