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John Mensah (born 29 November 1982) is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a defender for AFC United in the Swedish second-tier .

Born in Obuasi, Ashanti, Mensah is a product of the scouting system in Ghana that identifies talented youngsters long before they enter any formal structures and exports them to potential fame and fortune in Europe. A centre-half by choice, he is also adept at right-back and has played in both positions for his national side, also captaining the team on occasions. His physique has earned him the moniker the "Rock of Gibraltar", and Mensah was considered a certainty to be named to Ghana's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons on loan at English club Sunderland in the Premier League.

Club career

Early career
Born in Obuasi, Ashanti, Mensah began playing at a young age, which saw him join MBC Accra. As a teenager, Mensah then moved to Italy to join Bologna and went on to make two appearances for the side, both coming from Coppa Italia. Mensah then spent two years at Swiss side Bellinzona, where he hone his talents and despite his lack of speed (which many scouts has overlooked his talent), Mensah, nevertheless, shown great positioning and awareness.

Ahead of the 2001–02 season, Mensah returned to Italy to sign for Serie B side Genoa. He made his Genoa debut in the Copa Italia match against Treviso in the Group Stage on 20 August 2001, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 2–1 win. A month later on 23 September 2001, Mensah made his league debut for the club, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute, in a 3–0 win against Messina. Since making his debut for Genoa, he found himself in and out of the starting line–up, mostly coming from the substitute bench. Mensah then scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–1 loss against Cosenza on 11 November 2001. After returning from his international commitment, he returned to the starting line–up, starting the whole game, in a 0–0 draw against Messina on 17 February 2002. After missing a match due to injury, Mensah then helped the club keep four consecutive clean sheets between 10 March 2002 and 8 April 2002. He then scored his second goal for the club, in a 4–3 loss against Crotone on 5 May 2002. It was not until on 2 June 2002 when Mensah scored his third goal for the club, in a 2–2 draw against Reggina in the last game of the season. At the end of the 2001–02 season, he went on to make twenty–six appearances and scoring three times in all competitions.

Chievo
It was announced on 11 June 2002 that Mensah signed a permanent transfer to Chievo in summer 2002.

Having spent three months on the substitute bench since joining the club, Mensah made his debut for Chievo, starting the whole game, and helped the side keep a clean sheet in a 2–0 win against Modena on 6 October 2002. However throughout the 2002–03 season, he found his first team opportunities limited. Mensah went on to make fourteen appearances in all competitions.

Having made two appearances for Chievo in the first half of the 2003–04 season, Mensah joined Modena, which was a punctuated a moderately successful three-year stint in Verona. He made his Modena debut, and played 29 minutes, due to suffering from an injury in a 2–1 win against Ancona on 8 February 2004. After spending a month on the sidelines over injury, Mensah made his return to the starting line–up, in a 2–1 loss against Reggina on 21 March 2004. At the end of the 2003–04 season, he made six appearances for Modena.

Following his loan spell at Modena came to an end, Mensah returned to Chievo ahead of the 2004–05 season. He then played in both legs against Torino in Coppa Italia, which saw Chievo lose 2–1 on aggregate. However, Mensah continued to find his first team opportunities at the club limited throughout the season. It was not until on 16 January 2005 when he made his first league appearance of the season, starting the whole game, in a 2–2 draw against Roma. Mensah was later featured in and out of the starting line–up as the season goes by. However, he was sent–off for a straight red card, in a 1–0 loss against Sampdoria on 6 March 2005. Despite this, Mensah went on to make eleven appearances in all competitions.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Mensah was loaned out to Serie B side Cremonese. He made his Cremonese debut, starting the whole game, in a 3–1 loss against Pescara on 17 September 2005. Since making his debut for the club, Mensah quickly established himself in the starting eleven for the side. He later made fourteen appearances for the side and returned to his parent club. However, following another uneventful move to Cremonese, Mensah came to the conclusion a new stable environment was what was required to kick-start his somehow journey-man career.

Rennes

On 31 January 2006, during the winter transfer window, Mensah moved to French Ligue 1 club Rennes on loan after having played in Italy for most of his career, at the behest of their former player Philippe Redon, who brought him to fill the gap in defence caused by an injury to Abdeslam Ouaddou. Upon joining the club, he said: "In fact, I'm going into the unknown! I don't know anything about France! I just remember playing in 2001 against the French Espoirs during the U20 World Cup in Argentina. I remember that there was Cisse in front. But I did however have good advice on the level of the L1, in particular by my compatriot Mickaël Essien. I don't know many players in Rennes either. I just know that there is a good coach at the head of the team."

Mensah made his Stade Rennais debut, starting the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against Bordeaux on 11 February 2006. Since making his debut, he quickly established himself for the club, playing in the centre–back position. Mensah then helped the side keep four consecutive clean sheets between 11 March 2006 and 31 March 2006. During which, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win against Troyes on 25 March 2006. Despite suffering from a thigh injury, Mensah made fourteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions. High-level performances in the league convinced Rennes to make the loan deal permanent in April 2006, which Mensah signed a three-year contract with the side.

However at the start of the 2006–07 season, Mensah was sidelined with a calf injury that saw him out for a month. It was not until on 9 September 2006 when he made his first appearance of the season, starting the whole game, in a 2–1 win against Sochaux. Since making his return from injury, Mensah's performance led the club's website published an article on Mensah's impact on his new team. It said, "The summary from 11 February 2006 to 28 September 2006: 18 games: 12 wins, 5 draws, 1 defeat. 12 conceded goals, 4 of them when Mensah was not on the field. Rennes conceded 0.66 goals per game with Mensah. Without Mensah Rennes had 6 games, 0 wins, 1 draw and five losses. 13 goals were conceded, making 2.66 per game." He then regained his first team place for the next seven matches before being sidelined with an injury that kept him out for two months. In November 2006, Mensah was rated the number 1 player in France France Football magazine, level with Juninho, in the 2006–07 season's "Top 100 French League players". It was not until on 14 January 2007 when Mensah returned to the starting line–up, in a 2–0 loss against Marseille. He then followed up with the next three matches by keeping three consecutive clean sheets between 24 January 2007 and 3 February 2007. After being sidelined on two more occasions later in the 2006–07 season, Mensah continued to regain his first team place, playing in the centre–back position. At the end of the 2006–07 season, he went on to make twenty–five appearances in all competitions. For his performance, Mensah finished second place behind Mario Melchiot for the club's best player of the year. Following this, it was announced on 17 May 2007 that Mensah signed a contract extension with Rennes, lasting until 2010. "I am very lucky to be able to stay one year more with such an ambitious club, especially since a lot of clubs wanted me", Mensah told L'Équipe. Rennes head coach Pierre Dréossi said, "Those who wanted to see him at another club can now forget my telephone number."

At the start of the 2007–08 season, Mensah started in the first three league matches before suffering a thigh injury that kept him out for a month. However, during a 1–0 win against Saint-Étienne on 15 August 2007, he suffered a thigh injury that kept him out for a month. It was not until on 16 September 2007 when Mensah returned to the starting line–up, starting the whole game, in a 1–0 win against FC Lorient. Since returning from injury, he regained his first team place for the rest of the 2007 despite being on two occasions. Mensah also made his European debut, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Brann on 9 November 2007. After spending a month, due to international commitment, it was not until on 16 February 2008 when he returned to the starting line–up, as Stade Rennais lose 3–1 against Lille. Mensah was later appointed as the club's captain for the rest of the 2007–08 season after being appointed by Guy Lacombe, as well as, regaining his first team place since returning from international duty. It was not until on 10 May 2008 when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–1 win against Toulouse. Despite missing two more matches later in the 2007–08 season,

In the summer transfer window of 2008, Mensah was linked with Portsmouth, which also looked likely to be his future destination due to strong presence of African players, along with his international teammate Sulley Muntari at the club. He was also linked with a transfer to Wigan Athletic. An enquiry from Wigan for the Ghanaian was welcomed by Rennes, with assistant coach Philippe Redon commenting it would take at least £7 million to prize the "Rock of Gibraltar" from the club. He was made Rennes' team captain in January 2008 until his exit that summer. Following his departure, Rennes head coach Guy Lacombe lamented he had hoped to keep his captain because his exit will mean a re-examination of their playing system and that, "[H]e will not go to an average club. If John leaves, he will do it only for something that one cannot propose to him here."

Lyon
On 26 April 2007, it was reported in the French media that Mensah was being seriously scouted by Lyon with a view to making a move for him in that summer's transfer window. On 18 June 2008, new Lyon head coach Claude Puel made it his priority to sign Mensah to replace centre-back Sébastien Squillaci, who departed to Sevilla in La Liga. Negotiations continued for the following four weeks, and on 15 July 2008, Lyon's special adviser Bernard Lacombe contacted Mensah and negotiated a five-year contract with him. However, Rennes dismissed Lyon's initial interest. Lyon club owner Jean-Michel Aulas offered the Breton club only €6 million, a figure that did not appease Rennes general manager Pierre Dréossi. But the French media said Mensah will sign for Lyon in an €8 million transfer. On 21 July 2008, Mensah finally signed a five-year contract with Lyon in an €8.4 million transfer. He was presented to the media at 20:00 that day. During the press conference, Aulas stated Mensah was recommended to them by ex-Lyon midfielder Michael Essien. Mensah took the number 15 shirt, and became the third Ghanaian player to ever play for Lyon, after Abedi Pele and Essien.

However, his start to Lyon's career backfired when he missed a month, due to injury. It was not until on 13 September 2008 when Mensah made his Lyon debut, starting the whole game, in a 3–2 win over Nice. Two weeks later on 30 September 2008, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Bayern Munich. However, during a 2–2 draw against Lille on 18 October 2008, Mensah suffered tear to his groin muscle and was sidelined for a month. Instead, he played in left (with the absence of Fabio Grosso) or right-back (with the absence of Anthony Réveillère and François Clerc.) Despite this, Mensah kept three consecutive clean sheets in his playing time between 29 November 2008 and 20 December 2008. He continued to spend the second half of the season on the substitutes' bench or out injured. In a 3–1 win over Le Havre on 15 February 2009, Mensah was racially abused by Le Havre fans when he was targeted during the pre-match warm-up and throughout the first half. Lyon head coach Claude Puel insisted he should stay on the field throughout the match, only to receive a red card after a second bookable offence. After the match, the club expressed outraged over racial abuse on Mensah. Mensah spoke out about racism and told L'Équipe it not only left him homesick, but also affected his career. A Le Havre fan, who racially abused Mensah, was later charged for making racist insults after being arrested by the police and was released on bail. If convicted, he risked up to six months in prison and a fine. The fan, aged 21, admitted his actions. His sending-off was upheld and miss one match ban by the Ligue de Football Professionnel Disciplinary Committee. Their action received criticism from critics, and that the referee Alain Hamer was treating Mensah harshly. In the last match of the Ligue 1 season, Mensah once again received a red card after a second bookable offence when he made a dangerous tackle on André-Pierre Gignac in 0–0 draw against Toulouse. The 2008–09 season saw Lyon ended its seven-year streak of winning the Ligue 1 championship, placing third behind champions Bordeaux and second-placed Marseille. Despite this, he went on to make seventeen appearances in all competitions.

It was reported on 31 July 2009 that Mensah announced his intention to leave the club, as a result of lack of first team opportunities.

Sunderland
On 15 August 2009, various sources in France reported Mensah would be joining English Premier League club Sunderland on loan for the season, with the club also having the option to permanently purchase the player for €7 million after the season. Six days later on 21 August 2009, Mensah successfully passed his medical and, one week later, was awarded his work permit by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, officially completing the move.

Mensah made his debut for Sunderland on 12 September 2009, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute against Hull City in a 4–1 win. He then made his full debut in the League Cup match, winning 2–0 over Birmingham City on 22 September and even managed to put the ball in the net, although it was disallowed for a foul on Blues goalkeeper Maik Taylor. However, Mensah's start to his Sunderland career has been hampered with the constant reoccurrence of a calf injury. It was not until on 21 November 2009 when he returned to the starting line–up, helping Sunderland win 1–0 win against Arsenal. However, his return was short–lived when Mensah was sidelined with another calf injury. But he returned from injury, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute, in a 2–0 loss against Aston Villa on 15 December 2009. Four days later on 19 December 2009, Mensah scored his first Sunderland goal, in a 4–3 loss against Manchester City. So far Notwithstanding, teammate Michael Turner described Mensah as the best defender he has ever played with. Mensah became a favourite amongst the Sunderland faithful, but his injury problems meant he would struggle to play much in the upcoming season. Despite this, Mensah continued to remain involved in the starting eleven for the side throughout the 2009–10 season. In his first season at Sunderland, he went on to make seventeen appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

Mensah re-joined Sunderland on loan for the 2010–11 season on 11 August. Mensah started Sunderland's first match of the season, a 2–2 draw against Birmingham City. However, injuries and the form of Titus Bramble and Michael Turner kept Mensah out of the starting line-up for most of the 2010–11 season. Nevertheless, he returned and helped the side keep three consecutive in three matches between 5 December 2010 and 18 December 2010 against West Ham United, Fulham and Bolton Wanderers. However, during a match against Bolton Wanderers on 18 December 2010, Mensah suffered an injury in the 21st minute, leading him to be substituted and was sidelined for a month. It was not until on 5 February 2011 when Mensah returned to the starting line–up, starting the whole game, in a 3–2 loss against Stoke City. However, he received a straight red card in a match against Liverpool on 20 March 2011 after a foul on Luis Suárez, although the card was later rescinded. But on 9 April 2011, Mensah suffered a Grade Two adductor tear just 11 minutes into Saturday's 3–2 home defeat by West Bromwich Albion, casting doubt on his future at Sunderland. Following this, Mensah was out of actions for three weeks until he made a return as an unused substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Fulham. Mensah made his return to the starting line–up, helping Sunderland win 2–1 against Bolton Wanderers on 7 May 2011. Mensah made his last appearance for Sunderland in a 3–1 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 14 May 2011. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he made eighteen appearances in all competitions.

However, Sunderland manager Steve Bruce opted not to sign Mensah permanently because of his persistent injury problems, therefore returning to his parent club, Olympique Lyon. Previously, Mensah's loan contract included an option that the loan would be made permanent should Mensah appear in at least 25 Premier League matches.

Return to Olympique Lyon
After spending two seasons at Sunderland, Mensah returned to Olympique Lyon ahead of the 2011–12 season and made one appearance, on 8 July 2011 in a 1–0 friendly loss to Red Bull Salzburg, where he conceded a penalty for a foul and was subsequently issued a red card. It was not until on 21 September 2011 when Mensah made his first (and only) appearance of the season, starting the whole game, in a 1–0 loss against SM Caen, Following this, he was rarely used during the 2010–11 season due to injuries, and did not play a single match at Lyon that season.

It was announced on 2 July 2012, Mensah was released from the club after terminating his contract. After being released, Mensah was linked with moves to Bordeaux, Trabzonspor, Celtic and West Ham United.

Return to Rennes

On 2 January 2013, after having his Lyon contract terminated, Mensah returned as a free agent to Rennes, signing a six-month contract. Upon joining the club, he was issued the 25 number shirt.

Mensah made his "second debut" with Rennes in a 2–1 Coupe de France defeat to Lens. He spoke in an interview with BBC Sport that his second spell with the club would give him a chance to revive his football career. However, he was plagued with injuries. Despite this, Mensah appeared as an unused substitute in the Coupe de la Ligue Final, losing 1–0 against Saint-Étienne. However, after making six appearances in his second spell, he left the club after his future was uncertain.

Nitra/AFC United
Following a short stay at Asante Kotoko, Mensah joined Corgoň liga side Nitra. Mensah made his Corgoň liga debut for Nitra during a home fixture against Slovan Bratislava, on 10 March 2014. He was featured in the starting-XI but was replaced by Lukáš Kutra after 45 minutes. Over the upcoming 2.5 months, Mensah only made 4 more appearances, due to an injury. He concluded his spell in Slovakia without a single goal or a contribution.

Two years later, Mensah moved to Sweden to sign for AFC United. However, he made no appearances and left the club. A year later, Mensah said in an interview that he has yet retired from professional football.

International career

Mensah was included in the Ghana national under-20 team squad for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina. During the tournament, he played a role against Brazil and scored in the fourth minute of extra time in the tournament's quarter-finals to send Ghana through. Mensah then started in the final, as Ghana lost 3–0 against the host nation Argentina.

Mensah's senior debut for Ghana was against Algeria on 5 December 2001, just after his 19th birthday, on the eve of the 2002 African Cup of Nations finals in Mali, a tournament at which his aerial ability was a prominent feature of Ghana's play. He made four appearances in the tournament, as Ghana was eliminated in the quarter–final following a 1–0 loss against Nigeria.

Mensah played for the Ghana Olympic team, known as the Black Meteors, in the 2004 Summer Olympics and played two times, as they finished in third place in Group B. Two years later, he participated in his second African Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt, and was selected for All-Star Team of the Tournament by the Confederation of African Football. Mensah was also solidity personified during Ghana's successful qualifying campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Mensah was called up to the Ghana squad for the FIFA World Cup in Germany. He made his World Cup debut and started the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against Italy on 12 June 2006. Following a 2–0 win against Czech Republic, Mensah helped Ghana finish second place in Group E following a 2–1 victory over the United States in their final group match. After the final whistle, Mensah lifted his team jersey to reveal a T-shirt displaying "John Mensah – Rock of Gibraltar", his nickname in Ghana. However, in the round of 16, Ghana was eliminated by the defending champions, Brazil following a 3–0 loss. Ghana's head coach at the World Cup, Ratomir Dujković, would later cite Mensah for high commendations after the tournament.

In January 2008, Mensah was called up to the Ghana squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. Prior to the start to the tournament, he succeeded Stephen Appiah as captain. He played his first match of the tournament, starting game, in a 2–1 win against Guinea on 21 January 2008. Mensah then helped the side progress through to the knockout stage after keeping two clean sheets against Nambia and Morocco. On 3 February 2008, Mensah was sent off in a 2008 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final match against Nigeria for a professional foul against Peter Odemwingie, as Ghana nonetheless won the match 2–1 with goals from Michael Essien and a later winner by Junior Agogo. He returned to the starting line–up against Ivory Coast in the third-place play-off, helping Ghana win 4–2.

In May 2010, Mensah was called up to the Ghana squad for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was eventually named in the 23-man squad. Mensah captained Ghana for the first time in the tournament, starting the whole game and helped the national side win 1–0 against Serbia. Mensah later captained Ghana to an impressive quarter-final finish at the 2010 World Cup, where the Black Stars were eliminated on penalties by Uruguay following a 1–1 draw after extra time, in which he took the third penalty with his team, but it was saved by the opposition keeper, Fernando Muslera. A year later on 8 September 2011, Mensah scored his first goal for Ghana, in a 2–0 win against Sudan.

In December 2011, Mensah was named to the Ghana's squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, which was co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. In a match against Botswana on 24 January 2012, he scored his first goal of the tournament, but was sent–off in the 66th minute, in a 1–0 win. After serving a one match suspension, he didn't return until on 5 February 2012 when Mensah scored his second goal of the tournament, in a 2–1 win against Tunisia. He went on to play three times in tournament, as Ghana finished fourth place following a 2–0 defeat to Mali. Despite this, Mensah was included in the Confederation of African Football All-Stars team for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. It was not until on 15 August 2012 when he made his last Ghana appearance and played 45 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against China.

Following this, Mensah never played for the national team again despite calls from peers to convince Ghana to call him up. Throughout his international career at Ghana, Mensah has been a regular for the national team, playing almost every match since, rising in the rank of importance to become the assistant-captain and captain of the national team, earning 86 cap and scoring three times.

International goals

Personal life
In February 2002, Mensah is married and together, they have four children. However, they announced their divorce after a decade together. John Mensah got married again in November 2014.

John is the half-brother of Ghana national team player Ekow Benson and has two sisters and brothers. In October 2019, his mother died at age 78 after a short illness. Mensah's father John Attu Mensah was also a footballer who played for Cambridge United and the Ghana senior team, he died in June 2021.

Honours
Ghana U20
FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 2001
Ghana

 Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2010; third-place: 2008
Individual
Ghana 2008 Samsung Fair Play Award
Societe Generale Trophy: September 2006
Ghana Player of the Year: 2006
Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2012

References

External links

 John Mensah's Profile, Photo & Stats by Stade Rennais Online

 Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile

1982 births
Living people
Association football defenders
Ghanaian footballers
Ghana under-20 international footballers
Ghana international footballers
Olympic footballers of Ghana
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in England
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in France
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
2006 FIFA World Cup players
2010 FIFA World Cup players
2002 African Cup of Nations players
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
Ligue 1 players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Premier League players
Slovak Super Liga players
AC Bellinzona players
A.C. ChievoVerona players
Genoa C.F.C. players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
U.S. Cremonese players
Modena F.C. players
Olympique Lyonnais players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Asante Kotoko S.C. players
FC Nitra players
AFC Eskilstuna players
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Slovakia
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Ghanaian expatriate footballers
People from Obuasi

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Gerasimos Antonios Contomichalos (; 4 February 1883 – 1 January 1954) was the most eminent business magnate in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and the greatest benefactor of the Greek community in Sudan. He wielded considerable political influence both in Sudan and Greece.

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Contomichalos was born in Argostoli on the Ionian Island of Kefalonia. He left his home in 1899 to pursue his higher education in England, where he stayed for two years doing business management and commercial studies. In 1901 he arrived in Khartoum to assist his uncle Angelo Capato, who was one of the biggest merchants in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan at the time. Contomichalos "worked almost in all branches" of the firm across the country.

In 1904, Capato sent his nephew to the port town of Suakin to manage his trade interests there. According to the Nile Pilot newspaper, Contomichalos convinced the colonial authorities to abandon plans to name the newly constructed harbour city Bandar Sudan and instead call it Port Sudan, "so he is really her godfather."

In 1906/7, Contomichalos was one of the founding members as secretary-general of the Greek Community of Port Sudan, where more than 1,500 Greeks lived at the time, out of a total population of around 7,500, due to large-scale construction works. He later became the President of the association.In 1908 Contomichalos left his uncle's company and started his own commercial enterprise. He quickly succeeded and expanded into the fields of agriculture, banking, real estate, and ships handling, establishing branches throughout Sudan – with major trade activities in what was then Southern Sudan – as well as in Cairo, London, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haifa, and Panama. According to a study by the University of Khartoum (UoK), he "monopolized the cotton trade in Khartoum." Meanwhile, Capato's business empire collapsed after a series of misfortunes. Contomichalos supported his uncle's attempts for a commercial comeback and paid him a monthly allowance after another bankruptcy.

According to the Greek anthropologist Gerasimos Makris, who is related to the Greeks of Sudan through marriage, the well-educated Contomichalos "distinguished himself by working hard and methodically." At the same time, he stresses that, "always mindful of developments in the political arena, Contomichalos cultivated his relations with the Government and the Palace". Thus, in 1911, the colonial government granted him a plot of land close to Port Sudan to build a cotton processing factory. One year later he established "The Sudan Trading Co." and entered into a strategic partnership with the London Shipping company to form "Contomichalos and Darke Company", registered in London.

In 1914, Contomichalos moved from Port Sudan to Khartoum where he quickly became a "social magnate" as well. Already one year later, he was elected – like his uncle before – as President of the Greek Community of Khartoum and remained in this office for more than twenty years. Compared to Capato though, as Makris concludes, he "had much more impact than the former – founding churches, schools and other community buildings and offering large sums of money to assist in the establishment of smaller communities in the provinces."

In 1918, repairs and expansion works at the Greek-Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Khartoum were started thanks to a large donation by Contomichalos. One year later he was one of the founders of the Greek Community in Wad Madani, since his company was in possession of a large area used for corn cultivation there. Also in 1919, Contomichalos and another Greek businessman, John Cutsuridis, initiated the establishing of the Greek Community in El-Obeid. In 1924, the Greek primary school in Khartoum was re-opened in a new building, which was constructed upon the major initiative of Contomichalos, and named after another Greek pioneer businessman, Panayotis Trampas. In 1935, Contomichalos supported the founding of the Greek Community of Juba with a financial donation – thereby contributing to the creation of the Greek community of South Sudan, which still exists today. In 1942 he gave financial aid to reactivate the Greek Community of Atbara.

Contomichalos also promoted sports, both by establishing a club that addressed his employees and by supporting the Hellenic Athletics Club. In 1937, he furthermore took the initiative to set up the "Charity Brotherhood of the Greek Women in Khartoum-Sudan", which continued to support needy community members with grants for more than three decades.

The Greek historian Alexandros Tsakos writes in his biography of Photini Poulou, who was of Greek and Southern Sudanese origin, that in an interview shortly before her death in 2006 she remembered her days in the Greek school of Khartoum during the 1930s and"spoke of Mr. Gerasimos through the kindest memories. It must be deeply moving to remember at an old age the man who used to offer accommodation to girls like her; the man who used to provide a weekly ticket to the movies (owned by the Greek family of Lykos, where they could also enjoy a sweet and a lemonade), as well as occasional dinners at one of the Clubs in town... This was one of Photini's fond memories, especially in her old and sick state, when she was no longer receiving substantial support from those who claim to continue the charitable work of men like Gerasimos Kontomichalos."

In 1928, Contomichalos was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.), and in 1935 the Order of the Nile by King Fuad of Egypt, illustrating the close relationship he maintained with the Anglo-Egyptian regime. Makris writes in this context about Contomichalos' uncle: "Capato – and probably many other Greeks – saw themselves as stalwarts of the 'colonial' order." Remarkably, Contomichalos was also awarded a Commander of the Legion of Honour by the French Republic.

However, with the emergence of Sudanese nationalism after World War I, Contomichalos started "supporting community leaders with nationalist aspirations" and developed "particularly close" ties with Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, a son of Muhammad Ahmad who had declared himself the Mahdi and defeated the Ottoman-Egyptian rule in 1885. The Greek historian Antonis Chaldeos, who has written his PhD thesis about the history of the Greek community in Sudan, even goes as far as suggesting that Contomichalos was "the most powerful man in the entire Sudanese territory."

Part of his power was the ownership of press outlets, which made him an early media magnate as well: in 1924, his "Sudan Daily Herald Ltd." started publishing the "Sudan Chronicles", a weekly paper of four pages in Greek, renamed "Sudan News" in 1944. In 1935, Contomichalos became a major shareholder in a company that started publishing the "Al-Nil" daily newspaper, along with al-Mahdi, a British businessman, and Mustafa Aboulela, a merchant of Egyptian origin. According to the UoK study, the paper "continued to be censored daily" and Contomichalos' representative had a recalcitrant editor fired in 1938, making it a "propaganda medium" of the colonial regime. Contomichalos transferred his shares in 1945 to al-Mahdi.

During the early 1930s, Contomichalos was the president of the Khartoum and Sudanese Chambers of Commerce respectively.

Moreover, Contomichalos wielded considerable influence on politics in Greece as well, since he entertained a "close relationship" with Eleftherios Venizelos, the eminent Greek Liberal leader. Already during World War I, Contomichalos had supported Venizelos in his power struggle with King Constantine, who favoured an alliance with the Central Powers, and secured the following of the Greek community in Sudan. His support included financial assistance to the liberal-democratic statesman. These intimate ties also led to the establishment of an air connection between Sudan and Greece in the early 1930s, which had been a major priority for many Greeks in Sudan.

In 1935, it seems that Contomichalos literally played the role of kingmaker: The Nile Pilot claims that "he was the one who reinstated royalism in Greece". According to Greek historians, he was invited by James Henry Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies of the National Government of the United Kingdom, and successfully mediated between General Georgios Kondylis, a former Venizelist who had overthrown the government in October of that year, and King George II of Greece in his London exile. In 1936, shortly after he had regained his throne, the King endorsed the conservative totalitarian and staunchly anti-communist 4th of August Regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas. The same year, Contomichalos was awarded with the medals of the Grand Commander of the Order of George I and of the Order of the Phoenix, the Silver Cross of Order of the Redeemer, and the Medal of Outstanding Acts. He was also honoured by the Patriarchate of Alexandria with the Order of St. Mark's and by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem with the Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulcher.

While the Metaxas Regime took inspiration from Fascist Italy, Contomichalos advocated for a cooperation with the Fascist Italian regime in Ethiopia after the 1935/36 Second Italo-Ethiopian War started by dictator Benito Mussolini. Contomichalos' interest was the promotion of trade through Kassala, where almost one hundred Greeks lived at the time, and Gedaref, where his own company branch was active in the cross-border trade. In 1937, Contomichalos made arrangements with the Italian authorities to ship over 10,000 tons of trade goods into Gambella.

After World War II, Contomichalos apparently played a key role in paving the way to Sudan's independence: according to the Nile Pilot newspaper, "he played his cards well in smoothing the path of negotiations between the Sudanese and Egypt in 1951."

Shortly before his death, Contomichalos offered a large sum for the restoration of the holy temple of Saint Gerasimos – the patron saint of Kefalonia, after whom Contomichalos was named – near his birthplace of Argostoli. The monastery had collapsed in the devastating 1953 Ionian earthquake.

In private life, according to Makris, Contomichalos – remembered in his family as "G.A.C." after his initials –  "had the good fortune to marry a beautiful and extremely rich Greek lady" from Alexandria, since there was a sizeable community of Greeks in Egypt : Catherine, née Haicalis (1886–1966), was the daughter of Nicolas Haicalis, the editor-proprietor of an important newspaper, "whose friendship with the Khedive Ismail in the 1860s had earned him the title of Bey." The couple had six sons and two daughters. Their daughter Alexandra Joanna married John Francis Yarde-Buller, 5th Baron Churston in 1973.

Legacy

In 1954, the year that Contomichalos passed away, his son Eleftherios donated on behalf of the family a substantial amount of money to expand the primary Trampeios School. The Kontomichaleios High School and Lyceum was opened in 1957, one year after Sudan's independence. More than half a century later, as the Greek government stopped supporting the school due to the imposition of austerity measures by the European Union, it was transferred to the Confluence International School with some Greek teachers.

One year after the 1969 coup d'état, "Contomichalos and Sons" was placed under sequastration by the regime of Gaafar Nimeiry. It is unclear whether or when this was lifted, but in later years the company continued to operate. The Contomichalos family has kept business interests in Sudan in more recent years as well.

Makris concludes that "If Capato represented the colourful and adventurous past of the Greek presence in the Sudan, Contomichalos personified the accomplishments of the mature community."  Chaldeos argues that the life achievement of the "emblematic" magnate was "his great contribution to the progress, development, and prosperity of the country". A street in downtown Khartoum is named after Contomichalos, illustrating his outstanding status in the modern history of Sudan.

Likewise, a street in his birth town of Argostoli is named after Contomichalos.

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1954 deaths
20th century in Sudan
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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan people
Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
Grand Commanders of the Order of George I
Grand Commanders of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
Greek diaspora in Africa
Greek merchants
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People from Argostoli
Greek expatriates in the United Kingdom
Expatriates from Greece in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan


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By Tom Arup
December 15, 2013 — 3.00am
The state government has withheld from the Commonwealth a survey of rare and threatened plants of an area of the Alpine National Park earmarked for a cattle grazing trial.
It is believed scientists at the state's biodiversity research body - the Arthur Rylah Institute - were asked to look for rare and threatened plants in different parts of the alpine park as part of research for the high country grazing project. Their results were outlined in an unreleased report from May 2012. But the survey was not included in a recent application by Victoria to the federal government for environmental approval of a grazing trial.
Instead an older desktop study - drawing on previously recorded data - was used to identify the extent of endangered species in the low-lying Wonnangatta Valley, where the latest trial is planned.
The unreleased 2012 plant survey found one nationally protected species of orchid known as pale golden moths and a small patch of endangered alpine bog and wetland in the valley. A large area of rare grassland and a rare plant known as spreading knawel were also found across the trial region.
The report suggests that fencing to protect the orchids, grassland and spreading knawel would be impractical and would not mitigate against the impacts of grazing.
A new cattle grazing trial was announced last month. If approved by federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt, it will see 60 head of cattle released into Wonnangatta Valley over three years to see if grazing reduces the risk of bushfire.
When it first came to office, the Coalition state government proposed a much larger grazing trial of 400 cattle across six sites. But it was quashed by the Gillard government under national environment laws.
Mountain cattlemen - who were first removed from the park in 2005 by Labor - say grazing is part of their cultural heritage and helps manage fire fuel loads. Graeme Stoney of the Mountain Cattlemen's Association said the management of the high country had to be reassessed, and in some areas grazing could assist with planned burning for fuel reduction.
''It is overgrown, it is a fire trap, and there is just not the budget to manage it,'' he said.
Conservationists say there is no scientific evidence that grazing reduces bushfires and that it will instead damage the fragile alpine environment.
Phil Ingamells of the Victorian National Parks Association said leaving out a critical survey that apparently identified threatened plants and communities was either careless or misleading or both.
A spokeswoman for state Environment Minister Ryan Smith said the next steps for the trial would depend on the Commonwealth's decision.
She said if approved, the trial would include a pre-site assessment, science plan and environment safeguards.
''The experience and expertise of the cattlemen gathered over 170 years should be included in the way we manage our land and bushfire reduction,'' she said.
A federal environment spokeswoman confirmed the department had not received the 2012 study as part of Victoria's application, but said the minister would take into account any relevant information in assessing the project.
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Everything You Need To Know About Lymphatic Drainage Facials, From Experts
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By Jamie Schneider
Jamie Schneider is the Beauty & Wellness Editor at mindbodygreen, covering beauty and wellness. She has a B.A. in Organizational Studies and English from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in Coveteur, The Chill Times, and Wyld Skincare.
What is a lymphatic drainage facial?
Who should get one?
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Massage work is a fundamental step in most professional facials, as expertly kneading the skin can promote better product absorption, stimulate circulation, and help sculpt the muscles. It's arguably the best part of the lineup (IMO), as it not only improves skin appearance but also ensures a relaxing experience—for many, it's a significant part of what makes a facial such a treat.
Now, some types of facials will really home in on the massage, focusing on specific meridians of the face to help drain excess fluid and encourage flow. Enter, lymphatic drainage facials: Ahead, find out how this treatment can benefit your skin, how it works, and what to know before booking a session.
First, it helps to understand a bit about the lymphatic system: As health coach Ivonne Boujaoude, DNM, once told us, the lymphatic system is a network of vessels and other organs that keeps body fluid in balance. Lymph, the clear fluid that travels within the lymphatic system, helps deliver vital nutrients while ushering away toxins and waste—essentially, it helps aid the body's natural detox process.
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However: "The lymphatic system relies on muscle contraction, diet, exercise, and physical manipulation to function normally. Unlike the circulatory system, your lymphatic system doesn't have its own pump. That's where lymphatic massage comes in," says celebrity esthetician Renée Rouleau. See, you have a high concentration of lymph nodes in your face and neck, so specific movements can help encourage flow—an esthetician or licensed acupuncturist might use their hands, a gua sha stone, or facial cupping tools (although, professional facial cupping treatments will likely follow an acupuncture session).
"For the skin, conditions like puffiness, acne, dryness, dullness, and even skin sensitivity can be improved and even resolved by simple lymphatic stimulation because it helps the body do what it's meant to do: heal," Rouleau adds.
Improves dull skin: "Lymphatic drainage can have a significant impact on the appearance of your skin, especially if you are showing signs of lymphatic buildup," says master esthetician Sarah Akram, owner of Sarah Akram Skincare. As you clear that buildup and encourage circulation, those vital nutrients have a much easier time reaching the skin cells—and nourished, happy skin cells appear way more radiant.
Decreases puffiness: "[Lymphatic drainage] is often used to reduce puffiness and inflammation," says board-certified dermatologist Ava Shamban, M.D., founder of SKINFIVE, as lymph buildup can also result in swelling. Those gentle massage techniques can help drain and circulate that excess fluid, thus deflating any puffiness.
Can help with acne: "A stagnant lymphatic system will cause acne, breakouts, even full dry skin," celebrity facialist Joanna Vargas previously told mbg. See, as the lymphatic system accumulates more and more waste, it can result in inflammation (and all acne stems from inflammation of some kind). So by flushing out that waste and encouraging flow, you can keep the skin from becoming congested.
Massages the sinuses: "If you suffer from allergies or any sinus complications/congestion, this service is very beneficial for you!" says Akram. When the tissues in your nose swell up, those sinuses passages become blocked, and a lymphatic drainage facial can help evacuate some of that fluid and clear the airways. The massage itself gently probes the sinuses, which is a lovely sensation if you're feeling blocked up—just make sure to speak with a doctor to make sure it's the right move for you.
Of course, every treatment is different, depending on the professional you see. However, the esthetician or acupuncturist will likely begin by applying some sort of serum or oil to avoid any friction. Then comes the specialized movements: Says Akram, your expert might start from the center of the face (near the nose) and work outward, ending at the collarbones.
"You may find your esthetician incorporating the use of a jade roller or gua sha to enhance the draining experience," she adds. "These are great tools; however, when draining the lymphatic systems, the key is a very light and gentle touch. You don't want to drag the skin, which can create lines or wrinkles."
That's why it's crucial to find an esthetician or licensed acupuncturist specifically trained in this type of facial—not only will they have a gentler touch, but they'll also know exactly how to target the channels on your face, thus providing a more successful experience.
Considering lymph buildup can result in a variety of skin concerns (dryness, dullness, puffiness, acne, etc.), pretty much any skin type can benefit from a lymphatic drainage facial. However, if you're dealing with any open, active acne, you might want to skip this type of facial, as it may be too much stimulation.
A lymphatic drainage facial is associated with many skin care benefits—but it should not be confused with a basic facial massage. In fact, lymphatic massage has actually been used as a centuries-old medicinal practice, as the lymphatic system is part of the immune system. So if you're immunocompromised in any way, please speak with a doctor before deciding to manipulate this essential network.
On that note, allow us to reemphasize how important it is to find the right professional. "We suggest finding an esthetician trained in this type of treatment," says esthetician Darya Rzaca, co-founder of Atelier Beauté. "It consists in pressing and rubbing the skin through the use of specific techniques and specialized movements to push the accumulated fluid under it," which requires a very practiced hand.
As for the service itself, it likely won't require any downtime on the skin care front. "The only thing that comes to my head with lymphatic drainage is that it can leave you feeling exhausted," says esthetician Aneta Zuraw, co-founder of Atelier Beauté. After all, it takes work for your body to flush out all of that accumulated waste! That said, you may need to rest for the day—it might not be best to jump into any strenuous activity. It's more common after a full-body lymphatic drainage massage but an important warning nonetheless for facials, too.
Says Akram, you also want to make sure to drink plenty of water post-treatment—after those excess fluids get released from the tissues, you want to continue to flush them out of the body. Yes, that means a few more trips to the bathroom, but it's the only way the waste can truly exit.
Lymphatic drainage facials can help encourage circulation in the face, which can make the skin appear brighter, reduce puffiness, and even help with breakouts. Again, this facial is not for everyone, so make sure to speak with your doctor if you have any specific concerns. And if you're curious about other types of facials, make sure to browse our full guide—chances are you'll find one that suits your skin care goals.
Jamie Schneider is the Beauty & Wellness Editor at mindbodygreen. She has a B.A. in Organizational Studies and English from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in Coveteur, The Chill Times, and Wyld Skincare. In her role at mbg, she reports on everything from the top beauty industry trends, to the gut-skin connection and the microbiome, to the latest expert makeup hacks. She currently lives in New York City.


The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency co-authored a new set of guidelines designed to protect critical banking infrastructure. Escalating cyberattacks combined with increasing dependence on connected technologies have raised threat levels across the banking sector, the agencies stated.
Their recommendations, published Oct. 19, 2016, are detailed in Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) that addresses cyber risk, internal dependency and external dependency management, as well as incident response, cyber resilience and situational awareness.
The ANPR recommends a tiered approach to implementing the new security guidelines, directing its strictest policies to large financial institutions with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more.
"A cyber-attack or disruption at one or more of these entities could have a significant impact on the safety and soundness of the entity, other financial entities and the U.S. financial sector," the authors wrote. "The agencies are considering applying the enhanced standards to these entities on an enterprise-wide basis because cyber risks in one part of an organization could expose other parts of the organization to harm."
Increasing reliance on connected technologies in commercial and private sectors has raised threat levels across depository institutions, particularly the seven largest and most complex financial institutions, according to recent reports.
"As technology dependence in the financial sector continues to grow, so do opportunities for high-impact technology failures and cyber-attacks," the ANPR authors wrote. "Due to the interconnectedness of the U.S. financial system, a cyber incident or failure at one interconnected entity may not only impact the safety and soundness of the entity, but also other financial entities with potentially systemic consequences."
The authors additionally noted the expanded role of third-party service providers in financial services. "Third parties that provide payments processing, core banking, and other financial technology services to these participants in the financial sector also provide services that are vital to the financial sector," they wrote. They also recommended that third-party service providers and nonbank financial companies be held to the same rigorous standards and scrutiny as the financial institutions they serve.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: The FFIEC has published a series of documents on cyber security, including the IT Handbook, which provides guidance to examiners on third-party service providers. Its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool is a voluntary assessment resource widely used by financial institutions.
National Institute of Standards and Technology: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a voluntary framework designed to improve communications, awareness, and understanding among IT professionals and senior executives. Its five core functions are: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.
CPMI-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures: The existing guidelines, created in June 2016 by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the International Organization of Securities Commissions, are further clarified in the ANPR by the original authors.
Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System: Jointly created by The Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission, this paper is used as a point of reference in the ANPR. The paper focuses on minimizing systemic effects of wide-scale disruptions in critical financial markets.
Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards is available for public review and commentary until Jan. 17, 2017. The agencies are considering a variety of approaches, from policy statements to detailed regulations, to beef up existing regulatory and compliance frameworks.
The authors are encouraging the public to respond to the proposal during the open review period. They plan to publish pertinent feedback in a broader, more detailed report, followed by a second round of public review and consideration prior to a final ruling.


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A People's Archive of Sinking and Melting
From: Radical Materialism
By Amy Balkin	March 8, 2015 Tags common but differentiated responsibilities, future anterior, IPCC, loss and damage
A People's Archive of Sinking and Melting (State: As of Bonn Climate Change Conference, October 2014) is a collection of items contributed from places that may disappear owing to the combined physical, political, and economic impacts of climate change, including glacial melting, sea level rise, coastal erosion, and desertification. Through common but differentiated collections, contributed materials form an archive of the future anterior; what will have been.
The materials in the archive are intended to mark the asymmetry of present or anticipated loss, standing in as proxies for the contributors' recognition of the geopolitical production of precarity and slow-onset dispossession. Together, the contributions form one material document among many, a collection of community-gathered evidence, a public record, and a midden.
The archive operates from the principle that any thing is equally valuable as a record of present or projected future disappearance of a place, as chosen by someone there. A contribution doesn't have to originate from that location. It can be anything that happens to be there, including detritus, flotsam or jetsam.
As of November 2014, the archive contains contributions from locations including Anvers Island (Antarctica), Cape Verde, Greenland, Kivalina (Alaska, USA), Nepal, New Orleans (USA), Panama, New York City (USA), Peru, Senegal, Tuvalu, and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region (Russia).
Mango Pit
Matt Swagler
Plage de Pointe des Almadies, Dakar, Sénégal
Lat: 14.74° Long: -17.52°
SÉNÉGAL COLLECTION
(Non Annex I)
"By July mango-harvesting season is wrapping up in Sénégal and the prices are rising. The city, situated on a massive peninsula, is surrounded by beaches and coasts that are home to many residents, and supports small-scale fishing, wildlife, and tourism. This beach, like most around Dakar, has very shallow stretches of sand and will surely be gone."
Image Mary Lou Saxon.
Selections from the New Orleans Collection
1. Empty Walls & Ceilings package
2. Plastic fork & knife
3. Blue string found on an abandoned lot
4. Plastic bag found at an abandoned church
5. Three Shells. Often found in the soil in New Orleans.
RUBARB (Wynell Davis, Monique Dean, LaShine Dickerson, Tyjunaique McKenzie, Milissa Orzolek, Pleasur'ne Thomas)
2239-2400 Piety Street, Upper 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Lat: 29° 59′ N Long: 90° 15′ W
NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION, USA (Annex I, II, B)
Do you live where the object came from?
Some kids do; others have moved since last year. They all have family in the neighborhood.
What have you seen disappear there, environmentally or otherwise?
Houses and businesses.
Why did you contribute to the archive?
So people know what was left after the storm came.
"Contributed artifacts were chosen to represent present-day life in the neighborhood. Location is sinking and would be underwater with a 2 meter rise in sea level according to the Global Sea Level Rise Map on geology.com."
Micaela Neus with Nandor Kovats
Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctica
Lat: 64.7 S, Long: 64 W
ANTARCTICA COLLECTION
(No Status)
"Found in the rocks around Palmer Station, possibly stolen by sheathbills for their nests in years past. I'm unclear about the exact use of this snap hook, which resembles hardware used on the inflatable boats (Zodiacs) used by scientists and crew when collecting specimens from the islands surrounding Palmer Station."
With respect for the imaginative effort of the contributors to acknowledge present loss and look towards a troubled future with foresight, contributed items are presented as common but differentiated collections.
According to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change (UNFCCC), ratifying nations (Parties) have agreed to be guided by all articles and principles of the convention towards the objective of the Convention and its implementation, including Article 3, Principle 1.
1. The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. Accordingly, the developed country Parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof.
To this end, objects in the archive are commonly grouped for exhibition, but differentiated as collections organized by nation and individually labeled with UNFCCC Annex Party. Antarctica, from which the archive also houses materials, has no status.
This labeling, an initial method of contextualizing the archives collections and materials, is intended to call attention to the gap between the stated commitments, uneven resources for climate change adaptation and mitigation, and unequal power and vested interests of wealthy nations exercised in climate negotiations; and those nations likely to be subject to permanent loss and damage.
This differentiation is also intended to help viewers interpret the geographic distribution of the materials in the archive, which do not map evenly to risk of disappearance, and to reflect on the resources required to contribute to the Archive, including a connection to English language-speaking arts infrastructure, and to the web and freight networks. To date, the archive has circulated exclusively in Annex I Countries.
Based on the principle of fairness in the context of relative losses and damages associated with climate change impacts, ongoing work of political editing will continue to determine how contributions are framed for research and exhibition contexts.
Does the archive contain a future record of political failure to act against climate change as evidenced by materials from places that will have disappeared? Or does it record a period before the actions to reduce emissions to avoid further climate destabilization and its attendant "economic and non-economic" losses were taken?
Taking from the French futur antérieur, but using the English future perfect, the archive marks current climate politics and nascent climate political resistances, as viewed from the vantage of an audience of in a nonspecific future time and place. For contributors, the future anterior is intended to support a specific perspective — will where I am be habitable in the future? The task and form of the archive also assumes a future with the climactic and social stability and the resources, including place to house it with stable enough conditions to maintain it and a future audience, and a scenario that will support both.
As an archive of the future anterior intended for the present, A People's Archive of Sinking and Melting is open for submissions, seeks sites for public presentation in Non Annex I countries, and a permanent home. Who should contribute to the archive, given the unequal distribution of impacts, varied timescales, and the personalized dangers of future and present climate and its politics? Anyone who lives in a disappearing place.
Amy Balkin's projects consider legal borders and systems, environmental justice, and the allocation of common-pool resources. These include atmospheric "clean-air" park Public Smog and This is the Public Domain, an effort to create a permanent international commons. She was a collaborator on Invisible-5, an environmental justice audio tour of California's I-5 freeway corridor. Recent exhibitions include Rights of Nature-Art and Ecology in the Americas, Anthropocène Monument, and dOCUMENTA (13).
Amy Balkin
Radical Materialism
Radical Materialism Introduction
By Ashley Dawson
Earth Seeing
By Emily Eliza Scott
Decolonizing Nature: Making the World Matter
By T. J. Demos
Metachemistry
By Ursula Biemann
The Artist as Coauthor
By Siebren de Haan and Lonnie van Brummelen
By Amy Balkin
The Space-Time of Environmental Imperalism
By Morgan Buck
Of Seed and Land
By Uwe H. Martin and Frauke Huber
Representing India's "Suicide Economy"
By Stacey Balkan
By Paulo Tavares
Refusing the Settler-Colonial Gaze
By Sean M. Kennedy
Urban Resources at the Crossroads
By Helge Mooshammer
Geo-engineering: Climates of Control
By Peter Mortenbock
Provincializing Humanism: Reflections on World of Matter
By Micheal Angelo Rumore
The Environmental Dance
By Subhankar Banerjee
The World is Dead. Long Live the World.
By Elaine Gan


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