Yuraq Janca, White Andean Mouintag Range is the title for a non-fiction transmedia project. Using various platforms and media we want to convey the stories of individuals, communities and organizations that are facing the impacts…
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In his interdisciplinary and transmedia work, Alexander Luna (*1978 in Lima, Peru) addresses the consequences of climate change. In the Anthropocene, an age where mankind itself has become the greatest geological factor, who bears the responsibility?
In the Peruvian region of Huaráz, Luna cooperates with climate activists, glacier researchers, historians and other scientists to work towards climate equity. This project is inspired by mountain guide Saúl Luciaon Lluya’s lawsuit against the energy corporation RWE in 2015, which set a precedence. The suit demands compensation payments to protect the residents of the Peruvian Andes from the climate-change-induced glacial melt by means of a dam. After the suit was turned down, Lliuya filed an appeal, which will be heard at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm.
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Life and death at Lake Palcacocha: Environmental uncertainty in the Peruvian Andes // Part I
Text by Noah Walker Crawford Images by Alexander Luna –-– A dark cloud hangs over Lake Palcacocha. At 4500 m above sea level in the Peruvian Andes, the nights are full of biting winds. Jesús…
Life and death at Lake Palcacocha: Environmental uncertainty in the Peruvian Andes // Part II
Text by Noah Walker-Crawdford; Image by Alexander Luna; –-– In February 2017, national and local authorities gathered to discuss strategies for handling flood risk at Palcacocha and implementing the definitive project. Admiral Zimmerman, a representative…
Life and death at Lake Palcacocha: Environmental uncertainty in the Peruvian Andes // Part III
Text by Naoh Walker-Crawford; Image by Alexander Luna; –-– In May 2017, Palcacocha head guardian Pedro was unable to visit the lake for several weeks because of commitments in his community. He did not pay…
Reflections on the Legal Claim of Saul Luciano – Final report
In November 2017 the second hearing in the process of Saúl Luciano vs RWE took place in Hamm. The decision of the jury was, as was described by the media, historical and gave way to…