Malcom Ferdinand
Rising Voices
Why Coralie Custos Quatreville recommends Malcom Ferdinand
“Making visible the scandal of the pesticide chlordécone: what its past use tells us, what its present-day effects reveal, and what it means for future generations.”
A researcher at the CNRS, attached to IRISSO at Université Paris-Dauphine, Malcom Ferdinand is an environmental engineer by training and holds a doctorate in political philosophy. Born in Martinique, he connects two histories usually kept apart: that of colonisation and that of the destruction of living environments. His book Une écologie décoloniale (Seuil, 2019) starts from the Caribbean to propose a narrative in which environmental justice and the legacies of slavery are thought together, wit
- Place
- Fort-de-France, Martinique
- Recommended by
- Coralie Custos Quatreville
- Collections
- Rising Voices · Antikythera · Arts & Culture
Kréyòl matinik
Mété aklè eskandal pestisid klordékòn-lan : sa lizaj-li an tan lontan ka di nou, sa éfè-li jòdi-jou ka montré, é sa i lé di pou sé jénérasyon ki ka vini-an.
Malcom Ferdinand sé an chèchè CNRS, rataché a IRISSO, an linivèsité Paris-Dauphine. I fè lékòl pou vini enjényè lanvironnman, é i ni an doktora an filozofi politik. I sé moun Matinik, é i ka maré ansanm dé listwa moun abitchwé kenbé séparé : ta kolonizasyon-an é ta destriksyon lanati-a. Liv-li Une écologie décoloniale (Seuil, 2019) ka pati di Karayib-la pou pwopozé an rakont koté nou ka pansé jistis lanvironnman épi éritaj lesklavaj ansanm, épi imaj bato négriyé-a doubout anfas ta lach Noé-a. I ka travay osi asou kontaminasyon tè Antiy-la pa klordékòn-lan, é asou sé mobilizasyon i fè lévé-a.
