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This article examines the complex relationship between place and displacement in the context of rising sea levels in a mangrove lagoon in Papua New Guinea. Focusing on the experiences of the villagers of Gadaisu, David Lipset explores how their sense of place is intertwined with the lagoon's ecology, their history of movement and settlement, and their changing relationship with the sea. He argues that the anticipated displacement due to rising sea levels is not simply a physical relocation but a profound disruption of their place-world, challenging their identities, social relations, and cosmological understandings. The article highlights the importance of understanding place not as a fixed location but as a dynamic and relational process, shaped by both human and non-human agency. Lipset's ethnographic analysis reveals the intricate ways in which the villagers negotiate the uncertainties of a changing environment, drawing on their past experiences of mobility and adaptation while grappling with the potential loss of their ancestral home.

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