Marquisar is a Kali’na geographer whose work focuses on biocultural relationships between societies and coastal and maritime spaces, particularly on the Guiana Plateau. In her research, she adopts an interdisciplinary and systemic approach to address scientific questions while taking into account contemporary societal challenges.
Within the MaHeWa project, she is responsible for studying the socio-cultural and economic vulnerabilities of populations in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the face of marine heatwaves. Her work analyzes territorial dynamics, local knowledge systems, and the adaptive capacities of the communities concerned.
