Wetlands are ecologically dynamic and vulnerable landscapes where multiple temporalities, human and nonhuman, intersect and challenge one another. This virtual exhibition explores the dynamic temporalities of wetlands and their complex relationships—the temporal imaginaries, narratives, structures, flows, (a)synchronicities, and ruptures they contain—framed by a conceptual vocabulary that reveals the role of language in understanding wetland times and temporalities. Our examples draw on case studies from three wetlands: the Wadden Sea in Northern Europe; Morecambe Bay, in the northwest of the United Kingdom; and the Dja-Et-Lobo region in southern Cameroon, focusing specifically on wetland areas near settlements of the Baka people.

Introduction
Further Reading
Imaginaries
Narratives
Structures
(A)synchronicities
Ruptures
Flows
This exhibition is licensed CC BY 4.0 International, 2025 Enaiê Mairê Azambuja, Blake Ewing, and Nicola Thomas. This refers only to the text and does not include image rights. For copyright information on the above images, please click here.

Azambuja, Enaiê Mairê, Blake Ewing, and Nicola Thomas. “Wetland Times.” Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions 2025, no. 2. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.

ISSN 2198-7696 Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions

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