Selected open access research by Centre researchers and collaborators, connecting work on place, memory, spatial thinking, emotion and disorientation with current debates across the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
A Portuguese shipwreck at Ngomeni, Kenya
Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology, 2026
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Centre researcher Dr Tânia Casimiro co-authored this paper on the Ngomeni shipwreck off the coast of Kenya, asking what its preserved hull, cargo and coastal setting reveal about maritime routes, Swahili trade and the layered histories of the Indian Ocean world.
Ecological grief, climate justice and the politics of place attachment
WIREs Climate Change, 2026
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Pablo Fernandez Velasco and Virginia De Biasio examine ecological grief as more than a private emotional response, asking how grief, place attachment and climate justice are connected when environments that sustain lives, memories and futures are damaged.
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory 