Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\r\nChristmas Island\u2019s prominence as colonial and mineral extraction territories, and recently, as Australia\u2019s appointed detention island, has severely side-lined its natal identities. However, the island is known above all for the annual Christmas Island red crab migration. By weaving the iconic spectacle of the red crab around native practices and myths, the thesis creates a temporal architecture of festival that celebrates the island\u2019s cultural, civic and historical identities.<\/p>\r\n
It engages a coast straddling two sites \u2013 the sea goddess\u2019 temple and the earth god\u2019s cemetery, reflecting contradictory but complementing perspectives about the island\u2019s ecological future. The architecture comprises two coastal systems: a floating mobile worship procession, and a sea wall columbarium with soil-stabilising pandanus tree groves. Space is re-examined through the body of the crab, architecture designed around its rhythms, movements and physiology; crabs play practical, symbolic and mythical roles in the festivals of veneration.<\/p>\r\n
Through the spaces, rituals and spectacle of these mytho-natural festivals, the abstract matter of climate change is tangibly manifested, with Christmas Island reimagined at the frontiers of culture-climate activism. The evocative architecture examines the mediated relationships between human, animal, environment and place, raising questions on the politics of sustainable human inhabitation. In addition to increasing tourism and national ecological responsibility, the architectural proposition creates new political conversation around the island that may re-position its significance in Australia\u2019s political portfolio.<\/p>","grid_spacer":"0","grid_spacer_topbottom":"0","grid_spacer_width":"200","grid_spacer_height":"5","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1.jpg",2480,1240,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1-400x200.jpg",400,200,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1-1920x960.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1-1536x768.jpg",1536,768,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crab-image_small2-1-2048x1024.jpg",2048,1024,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Emma","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/author\/nusmarch_emma\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"(1) Existing Sea Goddess Temple: Crabs prepare to spawn. Pre-procession festivities begin accordingly.(2) Palanquin Rest Stop: As night settles, the floating palanquin stops at local rest stops for casting for prayers.(3) Ceremonial Temple at Old Site: The climax of the procession occurs when the crabs spawn their eggs. Boats, crabs and island are blessed. Since…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3793,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/3793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"supervisor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supervisor?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}