CfP: Topical Collection ‘Values at Sea’ - HLPS
Title: Values at Sea: Marine Science
Studies Meet Blue humanities
Guest
editors: Elis Jones, Jose A. Cañada, and Sabina Leonelli (University of
Exeter)
Across social
science and humanities, attention is increasingly focused on the sea. There has
been a notable rise in panels, papers and projects in recent years working on
understanding the challenges that marine sciences face in a time of ecological
crisis. This growing interest is no surprise: the sea is a site of immense
value, supporting and shaping the global biosphere, and is under considerable
threat both by global change and local pressures. Whilst marine ecosystems are
pushed to the brink, scholars now often talk of the blue humanities and oceanic
turns, of blue economics and accelerations, and of ocean decades. These trends
necessitate a similar refocusing towards the sea in the history, philosophy,
and social studies of science, fields that are ideally placed to help
understand and contextualise some of the changes occurring to marine systems.
Full
description of the topical collection: https://marinesciencestudies.co.uk/call-for-papers/
Please send
an abstract proposal (300 words) and brief
biographical sketch (300 words) to Elis Jones by the 30th of
June 2023. Guest editors will inform about abstract acceptance in Mid-July
and invite authors to submit a full paper by 1st of
December 2023.