This image gives us an insight into how climate change is approached by a group of people in India. It is a brief glimpse into the conjunction of traditional beliefs and practices, and contemporary challenges. Although toxicity is not a clear theme in the image nor the annotation, we might surmise that toxicities are dealt with in similar ways. We are left wondering, what actions are being taken alongside these practices, which might rise to the challenges of toxicity?
This visualization indexes climate change and political apathy. It is part of a larger photo essay which focuses on global urban coastal places as sites of toxicity. The cycle of flooding and drought in Chennai shape the image and commentary. This visualization is about the toxic politics that surrounds issues of governance and climate change within coastal communities.
This visualisation speaks to toxic politics of apathy or disregard of particular types of measures to protect citizens from the effects of flooding and water scarcity.