Shores, Surfaces and Depths: Oceanic Cultures of Tourism and Leisure
About this ebook
The oceanic ‘turn’ across the social sciences and humanities has produced a still proliferating opus of work that seeks to discover and emphasize oceanic presence in life on Earth. This literal and figurative ‘unearthing’ of blue spaces has encouraged scholars to gaze beyond the lands that have supported much of our experience and knowledge towards the gathering up of a more holistic appreciation of blue planetary life. This widening of scholarly attention – from ‘land’ to ‘sea’ – is occurring simultaneously across a range of disciplines and fields, including history, archaeology, anthropology, comparative literature, public policy, cultural studies, and geography. With an explicit focus on 'leisure' and 'tourism', this edited collection follows a growing appreciation that it is our seemingly inconsequential encounters – at play, for pleasure, and on holidays – that are increasingly present and influential in our oceanic relations.
This volume will be of value to scholars and students interested in social and cultural history and environmental history and humanities.
About the author
Felicity Picken is Senior Lecturer at Western Sydney University. Her scholarship is concerned with the changing relations between humans and nature in the strange living out of the Anthropocene. She follows the emergence of the ‘blue planet’ as a significant social actor by exploring how relations with oceanic environments evolve through pleasurable encounters including art, heritage, tourism, and leisure.
Emma Waterton is Leverhulme International Professor at the University of York, where she directs the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre. Her interests include heritage, memory, and affect; anti-colonial politics; migrant heritage-making; and climate justice in the Anthropocene. She is an author of four monographs.
