In Barad’s (2007) conception of physical phenomena as metaphors for knowledge making, the ocean exemplifies porosity, where waters mix across thresholds to form liminal zones of exchange. The ArtScience framework, situated at the intersection of disciplines (Kluitenberg, 2018), amplifies this porosity by enabling ideas, methods, and perspectives to circulate across disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Porosity thus operates simultaneously as material condition and epistemic metaphor, shaping human ecological relations and generating new imaginaries for sustainable futures. Drawing from Mentz’s (2021) dictionary for the blue humanities, ArtScience may be understood as the porous medium incorporating fluxes, currents, and cycles as defining dimensions (Fig 2). Porosity functions here as both physical and conceptual principle, reflecting the fluid exchange of knowledge, practices, and interactions between humans and ecosystems within a transdisciplinary configuration. This understanding resonates with Barad’s (2007) deployment of physical processes as epistemological metaphors. In nature, water permeates and intermingles across surfaces, creating liminal environments such as river deltas, where freshwater and saltwater converge. At the micro scale within porous media, water operates as connective tissue, forming dynamic liquid meshes that link otherwise discrete spheres.In the central part (central columns),this poster flows to the analysis of two ongoing projects in order to examine how artscience methodologies operate at the intersection of ocean knowledge ("data surfaces") and human-ocean embedded knowledge ("depths of knowledge"). The focus is placed on how these projects function as porous interfaces, rendering otherwise invisible processes, data, and ecological issues perceptible and communicable to non-specialist audiences. The case studies considered are: (I) S.E.A.D. (Sea Ecologies Aqueous Dialogues) and (II) CE002 – Atlas. Both projects (Atlas of Oceanscapes) exemplify how the translation of ocean data into experiential and embedded forms of knowledge can foster emotional resonance and strengthen human–ocean relations. In doing so, they contribute to advancing ocean literacy by cultivating affective forms of kinship with marine environments—what McKinley (2021) has described as "emoceans".
ATLAS OF OCEANSCAPES -From Data Surfaces to Knowledge Depths , ArtScience Narratives for Ocean Futures
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2026-01-01
Abstract
In Barad’s (2007) conception of physical phenomena as metaphors for knowledge making, the ocean exemplifies porosity, where waters mix across thresholds to form liminal zones of exchange. The ArtScience framework, situated at the intersection of disciplines (Kluitenberg, 2018), amplifies this porosity by enabling ideas, methods, and perspectives to circulate across disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Porosity thus operates simultaneously as material condition and epistemic metaphor, shaping human ecological relations and generating new imaginaries for sustainable futures. Drawing from Mentz’s (2021) dictionary for the blue humanities, ArtScience may be understood as the porous medium incorporating fluxes, currents, and cycles as defining dimensions (Fig 2). Porosity functions here as both physical and conceptual principle, reflecting the fluid exchange of knowledge, practices, and interactions between humans and ecosystems within a transdisciplinary configuration. This understanding resonates with Barad’s (2007) deployment of physical processes as epistemological metaphors. In nature, water permeates and intermingles across surfaces, creating liminal environments such as river deltas, where freshwater and saltwater converge. At the micro scale within porous media, water operates as connective tissue, forming dynamic liquid meshes that link otherwise discrete spheres.In the central part (central columns),this poster flows to the analysis of two ongoing projects in order to examine how artscience methodologies operate at the intersection of ocean knowledge ("data surfaces") and human-ocean embedded knowledge ("depths of knowledge"). The focus is placed on how these projects function as porous interfaces, rendering otherwise invisible processes, data, and ecological issues perceptible and communicable to non-specialist audiences. The case studies considered are: (I) S.E.A.D. (Sea Ecologies Aqueous Dialogues) and (II) CE002 – Atlas. Both projects (Atlas of Oceanscapes) exemplify how the translation of ocean data into experiential and embedded forms of knowledge can foster emotional resonance and strengthen human–ocean relations. In doing so, they contribute to advancing ocean literacy by cultivating affective forms of kinship with marine environments—what McKinley (2021) has described as "emoceans".
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