At Home on the Waves: Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today

Published by Berghahn Books 2019

At Home on the Waves

Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today

Edited by: Tanya J. King and Gary Robinson

Volume 24 in the series Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201437

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About this book

Contemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine and idealize marine spaces in which humans are absent. In contrast, this collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at sea, and continue to live intimately with it. In doing so, it brings together both ethnographic and archaeological research – much of it with an explicit Ingoldian approach – on a wide range of geographical areas and historical periods.

Author / Editor information

Tanya J. King is an Associate Professor in environmental anthropology at Deakin University, Australia. She is a maritime anthropologist, and her research focuses on the social and ecological implications of environmental policy implementation.

Gary Robinson is a senior lecturer in archaeology at Bangor University, North Wales. His main research interest is the prehistoric archaeology of maritime and coastal communities in western Britain and Ireland.

Tanya J. King is an Associate Professor in environmental anthropology at Deakin University, Australia. She is a maritime anthropologist, and her research focuses on the social and ecological implications of environmental policy implementation.

Reviews

“All papers within the volume show a sensitivity to ongoing problems of the malleability of the physical boundaries where coastal people (sensu latto) and the potential dangers arising from describing coastal livelihoods and (especially) places as unproductive…At Home on the Waves is a valuable resource for anyone interested in coastal livelihoods, environmental knowledge, and community engagement.” • Ethnobiology Letters

“The wide and diversified scope of this publication is as inspiring as it is thought-provoking, and this is certainly one of its major strengths… a book of interesting cases to illustrate the seemingly endless variability and nuances of human-sea relations that I do not hesitate to recommend, a bouquet of eye-opening reflections on the vast complexity of what the wet realm is in the world for terrestrial human beings.” • Norwegian Archaeological Review

“At Home on the Waves sets out what it aims to do and contributes to the overarching theme of the centrality of marine environments to people around the world. Those researching the topic will appreciate the numerous examples from anthropological and archaeological perspectives and the range of geographical locations…that render the book worth reading.” • Maritime Archaeology

“A very ambitious project which engages critically with a timely topic… It crucially brings to the fore the voices and ways of life of those often marginalized or otherwise left out.” • Fiona McCormack, University of Waikato

“Interdisciplinary research is all the rage, but rarely does one find a single volume that manages to weave such varied perspectives and approaches into a fascinating whole.” • Madeleine Hall-Arber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Foreword Bonnie McCay Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Introduction. At Sea in the Twenty-First Century Tanya J. King and Gary Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Moving Beyond the “Scape” to Being in the (Watery) World, Wherever Hannah Cobb and Jesse Ransley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2. Working Grounds, Producing Places, and Becoming at Home at Sea Penny McCall Howard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Chapter 3. Reexamination of Brazilian Mounds: Changed Views of Coastal Societies Daniela Klokler and MaDu Gaspar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 4. Seamless Archaeology: The Evolving Use of Archaeology in the Study of Seascapes Caroline Wickham-Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Chapter 5. Moving Along: Wayfinding, Following, and Nonverbal Communication across the Frozen Seascape of East Greenland Sophie Cäcilie Elixhauser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Chapter 6. Drawing Gestures: Body Movement in Perceiving and Communicating Submerged Landscapes Cristián Simonetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Chapter 7. Exploration of a Buried Seascape: The Cultural Maritime Landscapes of Tremadoc Bay Gary Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Chapter 8. Fish Traps of the Crocodile Islands: Windows on Another World Bentley James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Chapter 9. A Community-Based Approach to Documenting and Interpreting the Cultural Seascapes of the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia David Guilfoyle, Ross Anderson, Ron Reynolds and Tom Kimber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Chapter 10. Recognized Seaworthy: Resistance and Transformation among Icelandic Fisherwomen Margaret Willson and Helga Tryggvadóttir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Chapter 11. “It Is Windier Nowadays”: Coastal Livelihoods and Seascape-Making in Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland Pelle Tejsner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Chapter 12. Home-Making on Land and Sea in the Archipelagic Philippines Olivia Swift Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Chapter 13. Fishing for Food and Fun: How Fishing Practices Mediate Physical and Discursive Relationships with the Sea in Carteret County, North Carolina, US Noëlle Boucquey and Lisa Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
Chapter 14. Sea Nomads: Sama-Bajau Mobility, Livelihoods, and Marine Conservation in Southeast Asia Natasha Stacey and Edward H. Allison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Chapter 15. Formal and Informal Territoriality in Ocean Management Tanya J. King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
Afterword. At Home on the Waves? A Concluding Comment Tim Ingold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Keywords: Anthropology (General); Archaeology; Environmental Studies (General)

eBook

Published: February 18, 2019
ISBN: 9781789201437