Blue Kinships

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 Ciò Che La Terra Divide . - Chapter 4. Thinking-With The Sea s 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 Between Storytelling And Science. Developing A Sciart Project. - Chapter 12. Tidal Kinships: Sharing And Caring For Rhythmic Human And Non-Human Estuarine.