Blue Kinships: An Exploration of Society the Ocean [Hardcover]

Blue Kinship contributes to the emergent movement of ideas and practices that are interpreting the ocean as a conceptual and physical space for reconsidering our relationship with the complex, heterogeneous and mutable ecological systems of the Anthropocene; and, in consideration of the drastic and dramatic changes affecting the ocean’s health, is working toward a paradigm change in consideration of the socio-cultural connection with the sea. Tightening the link between society and the ocean cannot be achieved by technological solutions alone, but requires a multidisciplinary understanding of the ocean's influence on the more-than-human society, and of society on the ocean. This book includes cross-cutting, theoretical analyses, methodological descriptions and case studies across the social and natural research that puts the ocean at the core of all global health to feed the emergent socio-cultural geography of the sea and marine social science perspectives.

Part I: Thinking The Ocean.- Chapter 1. The Sea, Above All.- Chapter 2. Building Relationships And Networking For Marine Social Sciences.- Chapter 3. Il Mare Unisce Ci? Che La Terra Divide.- Chapter 4. Thinking-With The Seas Turbulent Materiality: Trans-Oceanic Figurations, Blue Kinships And Liquid Futures In Lagoon By Nnedi Okorafor.- Chapter 5. Plastisphere In Chthulucene. Staying With The Problem In Oceanic Natureculture Assemblages.- Chapter 6. An Intimate Connection. Society And The Ocean In Water Photography.- Part Ii: Making The Ocean.- Chapter 7. Citizen Science And Ocean Literacy: Bridging The Gap Between Society And The Ocean.- Chapter 8. Connecting People And The Ocean Through Street Art And Citizen Science.- Chapter 9. The Power Of Music To Foster Ocean Stewardship: An Experience From The West Coast Of Ireland.- Chapter 10. Behind The Scenes Of A Collaborative Process To Make Blue Kinships Visible.- Chapter 11. Ocean Connections-Animating The Ugly Duckling Belƒ&