Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche

In this essay, from my experience as an ethnographer-mariner in the Ermenautica project, I initially propose a perspective on the reduction of the dimensions of the sea by comparing wet ontologies (Steinberg, Peters 2019), the reflections on the subjective signification of the oceans (Helmreich 2010...

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Main Author: Sergio Marchetti
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Dipartimento Culture e Società - Università di Palermo 2023-06-01
Series:Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/aam/6880
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description In this essay, from my experience as an ethnographer-mariner in the Ermenautica project, I initially propose a perspective on the reduction of the dimensions of the sea by comparing wet ontologies (Steinberg, Peters 2019), the reflections on the subjective signification of the oceans (Helmreich 2010, 2019) and the discourse on planetarity regimes in the humanities (Chakrabarty, Latour 2020). Subsequently, focusing on the links between the sea, the sailor's body and the boat, I define a phenomenology of navigation. At the same time, I expand the notion of 'hyperobjects' (Morton 2018) to confine knowledge of oceanic immensities to experiences on the crossing, to reflect on the deterritorialisation of individuals and the 'kinships' that arise between humans and surrounding entities during maritime voyages and boat maintenance. I thus delineate a perspective that shifts from the macro planetary sea, seemingly devoid of human senses and relations, to the sea experienced in its even microscopic effects, the theatre of interspecific bonds and meanings (Helmreich 2010; Sahlins 2018; Haraway 2020).
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spelling doaj-art-2474290868ec4caa8d13fd46019035de2025-01-30T14:20:57ZitaDipartimento Culture e Società - Università di PalermoArchivio Antropologico Mediterraneo2038-32152023-06-01262510.4000/aam.6880Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecificheSergio MarchettiIn this essay, from my experience as an ethnographer-mariner in the Ermenautica project, I initially propose a perspective on the reduction of the dimensions of the sea by comparing wet ontologies (Steinberg, Peters 2019), the reflections on the subjective signification of the oceans (Helmreich 2010, 2019) and the discourse on planetarity regimes in the humanities (Chakrabarty, Latour 2020). Subsequently, focusing on the links between the sea, the sailor's body and the boat, I define a phenomenology of navigation. At the same time, I expand the notion of 'hyperobjects' (Morton 2018) to confine knowledge of oceanic immensities to experiences on the crossing, to reflect on the deterritorialisation of individuals and the 'kinships' that arise between humans and surrounding entities during maritime voyages and boat maintenance. I thus delineate a perspective that shifts from the macro planetary sea, seemingly devoid of human senses and relations, to the sea experienced in its even microscopic effects, the theatre of interspecific bonds and meanings (Helmreich 2010; Sahlins 2018; Haraway 2020).https://journals.openedition.org/aam/6880seanavigationphenomenologyinterspecismhyperobjects
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Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche
Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo
sea
navigation
phenomenology
interspecism
hyperobjects
title Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche
title_full Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche
title_fullStr Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche
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title_short Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche
title_sort ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche
topic sea
navigation
phenomenology
interspecism
hyperobjects
url https://journals.openedition.org/aam/6880
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