2017/02/27 by Elizabeth DeLoughrey · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature #Geographies of human-animal interactions #Travel Writing and Literature
paper · doi:10.1215/00104124-3794589
openalex publication_date 2017/02/27 · crossref created 2017/02/27 · crossref issued 2017/03/01 · crossref published 2017/03/01 · crossref published-print 2017/03/01 · crossref deposited 2022/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/07/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
This essay outlines the development of the “oceanic turn” and the rise of “critical ocean studies” as vital to figuring the Anthropocene. It builds upon the work of Elizabeth Povinelli's theory of “geontologies,” and by turning to the submarine sculptures of Jason deCaires Taylor it argues for a provocative Caribbean aesthetic of “sea ontologies.” By examining the multispecies collaborations of coral and reef ecologies, it suggests a new oceanic imaginary for the more-than-human Anthropocene.