Megan Crutcher

The Monster in the Harbor: Abandoned Shipwrecks and Uncanny Ruins

This paper (re)construes the remains of a bulk timber carrier called Optimist that reportedly wrecked in the port of Greenville, Liberia during the Liberian civil wars (1989–2003). Its monstrous hull is an uncanny reminder of militarization, industrialization, and deterioration t...