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Thinking Maritime Spaces Sociologically: An Introduction
Part 1: Conceptualising Maritime Sociologies
1. Maritime Sociology in the Making
1 The Sea as an Area of Sociological Interest
2 Maritime Sociology, Ocean Sociology, Marine Social Science
3 The Specific Character of Sea Phenomena
4 The Subject of Maritime Sociology
5 The Subject of Maritime Sociology - beyond People Representing Maritime Professions
6 Maritime Sociology - the Case of Poland
7 Conclusion
References
2. Toward an Ocean of Hybridisation: East Asian Connections
1 Prologue: Toward an Oceanic Sociology
2 From the Watery Turn and a More-Than-Wet Ontology (MTWO) to a Hybrid Turn
3 Ocean of Hybridisation
3.1 Topological Hybridisation
3.2 Ontological Hybridisation
3.3 Functional Hybridisation
3.4 Epistemological Hybridisation
4 East Asian Connection
4.1 Yin Yang for the Rise of a New Civilisation and Oceanic Sociology
4.2 Book of Changes for Hybridisation, Changes and Oneness
4.3 Buddhist Enlightenment for a Spiritualist Realism and Self-expanding Individualism
4.4 Taoist Naturalism for a Normative Dimension of the Ocean of Hybridisation
4.5 Mysticism for Becoming an Oneness or Building a Hybrid Network ( 經)
4.6 Confucian Moderation(中庸) for a Great Identical Society (大同社會) of Difference in Harmony(和 不同)
5 Epilogue: Toward a Five Functional Ways Model
Acknowledgements
References
Part 2: Port Cities
3. Port Cities as Urban Assemblages. Bringing Actor-Network Theory to Maritime Sociology
1 Introduction
2 The Port and the City. In Search of a Common Perspective
3 Port City in an Actor-Network Theory (ANT) Perspective
4 The Port City as an Urban Assemblage
5 Research Agenda.
6 Possible Research Questions and Hypotheses
7 Discussion and Limitations of the Proposed Concept
References
4. Maritime Identities in Western Baltic Port Cities
1 Introduction
2 Lübeck
3 Kiel
4 Ferdinand Tönnies Studies of the Baltic Ports of Lübeck and Kiel
4.1 Kiel
4.2 Lübeck
5 Conclusion
References
5. Local Culture and the Postindustrial Transformation of the Port-City
1 City and Port in Divorce
2 What is "Local Culture"?
3 Management of Risk by Collaboration and Maritime Consensus
4 Port-cities as "Cities on Show": Place-making and Image-building
5 Port-cities as Hubs of Flows: Diversity and Pragmatic Tolerance
6 Port-cities as Second Cities: Self-confident Centres of Competence
7 Résumé: Local Culture as a Multiple Resource of Transformation
References
6. When the Sea Comes to the City. The Case of Polish Port Elbląg
1 Thesis Statement and a Historical and Cultural Perspective
2 Facts: Landscape, Politics, History
3 A Ring and a Spade
References
Part 3. Sea and Culture
7. On Maritime Culture: Interpretations, Scope of Impact, and Controversies
1 "Sea culture" in the Academic Debate
2 The Global Context: The Containerisation of Social Life
3 The Local Context: Between Marinisation and Maritime Cultural Landscape
4 The Geographical Context: The Sea Uniting the Shores
5 The Industry Context: Maritime Organisational Culture
6 The Retreat of Maritime Culture
References
8. Portuguese Sea Museums and the Communication of Maritime Heritage in the 21st Century
1 Introduction
2 Maritime Heritage in Museums in the Digital Age
3 Portuguese Sea Museums Communicating Maritime Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
4 Getting to Know the Portuguese Maritime Museum Visitors: The Exit Survey.
4.1 Sociodemographic Profile of the Public of the Museums of Mar
4.2 Relationship with the Museum
4.3 Pre-visit
4.4 The Visit
4.5 Museum Reviews/Assessment
4.6 Intention to Visit
5 Discussion
6 Concluding Remarks
References
9. The Specificity of Maritime Culture. Monuments and Anti-monuments of Urban Space
1 The Specificity of Maritime Culture
2 Selected Monuments and Anti-monuments and Their Importance for the City's Maritime Character
3 In Place of a Summary - Site-specificity and an Urban Palimpsest
References
Part 4: Water as Home and Road
10. The Linear Village? Chasing "Community" amongst Boat Dwellers on the Waterways
1 Introducing the Boaters
2 "Community Chasing"
3 The Rhetorical Importance of Community: "Doing" Community to Each Other
4 Performing Boater Community: 'Having' Community in a Particular Place
5 Conclusion
References
11. The Ship as a Postcolonial Space
1 Introduction
2 Colonialism, Globalisation and the Political Economy of Shipping
3 Colonial Discourse and Management Ideology
4 Identity Construction and Boundary-Work
4.1 Officers and Filipinos
4.2 An International Problem
4.3 A Ship is Actually a Big Kindergarten
4.4 Sometimes, the Foreigners Are Like Children
4.5 Genetic Waste
5 Conclusion
References
Part 5: Ecology, Economy and Society
12. Farming Rice at the Margins in West Africa
1 Threatened Rice Worlds in the Atlantic Ocean
2 Effects of Global Warming Arrive in Guinea-Bissau: "The Sea is Coming"
3 The Livelihood Paradox: Rice-centred but Diverse
4 Pushed to Farm by the Sea: Caught between the Park, Cane Rats and International Markets
4.1 Access to Land for Upland Rice Farming
4.2 Rice Losses to Cane Rat
4.3 The Unpredictability of Cashew-rice Exchange
5 Reactivation of the Margins.
6 An Uncertain Future: Keeping Rice out of the Deep Blue Sea
References
13. The Staged World of the Cruise Ship
1 Introduction
2 The Highly Successful Development of the Cruise Industry
3 Economic Effects
4 Socio-cultural Effects
5 Working Conditions on Board
6 Impact on the Environment
7 Safety on Board
8 Cruise Ships in Quarantine: A Virus Paralyses the Cruise Industry
9 From Dream to Reality
References
14. Boat Migrants: Hyper-visible and (yet) Invisible. On Security, Racism, and Maritime Migration
1 A Brief Methodological Note
2 At the Intersection of Maritime Sociology and Forced Migration Studies
3 Contextualising Maritime Forced Migration
4 A Spotlight on Tamils' Boat Arrivals to Canada
4.1 Clandestine Departures and Journeys: The Cloak of Invisibility
4.2 Hyper-visible Arrivals: The Spectacle of the Tamil Boats
5 Conclusion
References
Index.
Contents
Tables and Figures
Tables
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Thinking Maritime Spaces Sociologically: An Introduction
Part 1: Conceptualising Maritime Sociologies
1. Maritime Sociology in the Making
1 The Sea as an Area of Sociological Interest
2 Maritime Sociology, Ocean Sociology, Marine Social Science
3 The Specific Character of Sea Phenomena
4 The Subject of Maritime Sociology
5 The Subject of Maritime Sociology - beyond People Representing Maritime Professions
6 Maritime Sociology - the Case of Poland
7 Conclusion
References
2. Toward an Ocean of Hybridisation: East Asian Connections
1 Prologue: Toward an Oceanic Sociology
2 From the Watery Turn and a More-Than-Wet Ontology (MTWO) to a Hybrid Turn
3 Ocean of Hybridisation
3.1 Topological Hybridisation
3.2 Ontological Hybridisation
3.3 Functional Hybridisation
3.4 Epistemological Hybridisation
4 East Asian Connection
4.1 Yin Yang for the Rise of a New Civilisation and Oceanic Sociology
4.2 Book of Changes for Hybridisation, Changes and Oneness
4.3 Buddhist Enlightenment for a Spiritualist Realism and Self-expanding Individualism
4.4 Taoist Naturalism for a Normative Dimension of the Ocean of Hybridisation
4.5 Mysticism for Becoming an Oneness or Building a Hybrid Network ( 經)
4.6 Confucian Moderation(中庸) for a Great Identical Society (大同社會) of Difference in Harmony(和 不同)
5 Epilogue: Toward a Five Functional Ways Model
Acknowledgements
References
Part 2: Port Cities
3. Port Cities as Urban Assemblages. Bringing Actor-Network Theory to Maritime Sociology
1 Introduction
2 The Port and the City. In Search of a Common Perspective
3 Port City in an Actor-Network Theory (ANT) Perspective
4 The Port City as an Urban Assemblage
5 Research Agenda.
6 Possible Research Questions and Hypotheses
7 Discussion and Limitations of the Proposed Concept
References
4. Maritime Identities in Western Baltic Port Cities
1 Introduction
2 Lübeck
3 Kiel
4 Ferdinand Tönnies Studies of the Baltic Ports of Lübeck and Kiel
4.1 Kiel
4.2 Lübeck
5 Conclusion
References
5. Local Culture and the Postindustrial Transformation of the Port-City
1 City and Port in Divorce
2 What is "Local Culture"?
3 Management of Risk by Collaboration and Maritime Consensus
4 Port-cities as "Cities on Show": Place-making and Image-building
5 Port-cities as Hubs of Flows: Diversity and Pragmatic Tolerance
6 Port-cities as Second Cities: Self-confident Centres of Competence
7 Résumé: Local Culture as a Multiple Resource of Transformation
References
6. When the Sea Comes to the City. The Case of Polish Port Elbląg
1 Thesis Statement and a Historical and Cultural Perspective
2 Facts: Landscape, Politics, History
3 A Ring and a Spade
References
Part 3. Sea and Culture
7. On Maritime Culture: Interpretations, Scope of Impact, and Controversies
1 "Sea culture" in the Academic Debate
2 The Global Context: The Containerisation of Social Life
3 The Local Context: Between Marinisation and Maritime Cultural Landscape
4 The Geographical Context: The Sea Uniting the Shores
5 The Industry Context: Maritime Organisational Culture
6 The Retreat of Maritime Culture
References
8. Portuguese Sea Museums and the Communication of Maritime Heritage in the 21st Century
1 Introduction
2 Maritime Heritage in Museums in the Digital Age
3 Portuguese Sea Museums Communicating Maritime Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
4 Getting to Know the Portuguese Maritime Museum Visitors: The Exit Survey.
4.1 Sociodemographic Profile of the Public of the Museums of Mar
4.2 Relationship with the Museum
4.3 Pre-visit
4.4 The Visit
4.5 Museum Reviews/Assessment
4.6 Intention to Visit
5 Discussion
6 Concluding Remarks
References
9. The Specificity of Maritime Culture. Monuments and Anti-monuments of Urban Space
1 The Specificity of Maritime Culture
2 Selected Monuments and Anti-monuments and Their Importance for the City's Maritime Character
3 In Place of a Summary - Site-specificity and an Urban Palimpsest
References
Part 4: Water as Home and Road
10. The Linear Village? Chasing "Community" amongst Boat Dwellers on the Waterways
1 Introducing the Boaters
2 "Community Chasing"
3 The Rhetorical Importance of Community: "Doing" Community to Each Other
4 Performing Boater Community: 'Having' Community in a Particular Place
5 Conclusion
References
11. The Ship as a Postcolonial Space
1 Introduction
2 Colonialism, Globalisation and the Political Economy of Shipping
3 Colonial Discourse and Management Ideology
4 Identity Construction and Boundary-Work
4.1 Officers and Filipinos
4.2 An International Problem
4.3 A Ship is Actually a Big Kindergarten
4.4 Sometimes, the Foreigners Are Like Children
4.5 Genetic Waste
5 Conclusion
References
Part 5: Ecology, Economy and Society
12. Farming Rice at the Margins in West Africa
1 Threatened Rice Worlds in the Atlantic Ocean
2 Effects of Global Warming Arrive in Guinea-Bissau: "The Sea is Coming"
3 The Livelihood Paradox: Rice-centred but Diverse
4 Pushed to Farm by the Sea: Caught between the Park, Cane Rats and International Markets
4.1 Access to Land for Upland Rice Farming
4.2 Rice Losses to Cane Rat
4.3 The Unpredictability of Cashew-rice Exchange
5 Reactivation of the Margins.
6 An Uncertain Future: Keeping Rice out of the Deep Blue Sea
References
13. The Staged World of the Cruise Ship
1 Introduction
2 The Highly Successful Development of the Cruise Industry
3 Economic Effects
4 Socio-cultural Effects
5 Working Conditions on Board
6 Impact on the Environment
7 Safety on Board
8 Cruise Ships in Quarantine: A Virus Paralyses the Cruise Industry
9 From Dream to Reality
References
14. Boat Migrants: Hyper-visible and (yet) Invisible. On Security, Racism, and Maritime Migration
1 A Brief Methodological Note
2 At the Intersection of Maritime Sociology and Forced Migration Studies
3 Contextualising Maritime Forced Migration
4 A Spotlight on Tamils' Boat Arrivals to Canada
4.1 Clandestine Departures and Journeys: The Cloak of Invisibility
4.2 Hyper-visible Arrivals: The Spectacle of the Tamil Boats
5 Conclusion
References
Index.