Wave Theory, Southern Theory: Disorienting Planetary Oceanic Futures, Indian Ocean

The chapter reports on wave science in the Southern Hemisphere, drawing not only from the first conference on the topic in Australia, but also on Zoom fieldwork with scientists on the Bay of Bengal, in Bangladesh, where legacies of colonialism mix with future-facing projects to refashion land, sea, and siltscapes to meet rising seas. Thinking from the Indian Ocean may re- and de-orient knowledge about how to read oceans and their waves.