Maritime Modernities: On, in, beneath and below the ocean

The ocean is a site of ongoing transformations: at the surface, in the water column, and on the seabed. How can we research economic, technological, visual, and intellectual transformations of the sea, and how can we approach them historically?

A black an white picture of an aquarium with fishes.

Title: Gunnar Rollefsens akvarium på kjøkkenbenken. Photografer: Asbjørn Barlaup / Nasjonalbiblioteket Lisens: «Falt i det fri».

Programme

  • 9:30 - 10:15: Kristin Asdal (TIK), "Nature-made economy. Cod, capital, and the great economization of the ocean"
  • 10:30 - 11:15: Pasi Väliaho (IFIKK), "Visualizing the deep sea in the age of climate change"
  • 11:30 - 12:00: Gard Paulsen and Ellen Krefting (IFIKK/MaMo): "Formats of oceanic knowledge and the maritime modernities"
  • 12:00 - 12:30: Viktor Andersson (PhD candidate MaMo): "To totalize in particular ways: writing deep-sea nature in postwar Scandinavia”

Contact

Ellen Krefting

Published Mar. 1, 2024 11:30 AM - Last modified Apr. 9, 2024 9:20 AM