Researching People and the Sea

In this unique edited collection, social scientists reflect upon and openly share insights gathered from researching people and the sea. Understanding how people use, relate to and interact with coastal and marine environments has never been more important, with social scientists having an increasingly vital contribution to make. Yet practical experiences in deploying social science approaches in this field are typically hidden away in field notes and unpublished doctoral manuscripts, with the opportunity for shared learning that comes from doing research often missed. There is a need for reflection on how social science knowledge is produced. This collection presents experiences from the field, its necessary reflexivity and innovation in methods, and the challenges and opportunities of translating across disciplines and policy. It brings to light the tacit expertise needed to study people and the sea and offers lessons which readers could employ in their own research. With afocus on the future direction of marine social sciences, the volume is highly relevant to masters and doctoral students and more experienced researchers engaged in studying people and the sea, as well as policy makers, practitioners and scientists wishing to understand the social dimension of marine and coastal environments. Chapters 2 and 3 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Madeleine Gustavsson is a researcher at Ruralis - Institute for Rural and Regional Research in Trondheim, Norway. Carole White is a research fellow in the Global Environmental Justice Group at the University of East Anglia, UK and and social researcher in the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Jeremy Phillipson is Professor of Rural Development at the Centre for Rural Economyat Newcastle University, UK. Kristen Ounanian is an associate professor at Centre for Blue Governance at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Auteur
Madeleine Gustavsson is a researcher at Ruralis Institute for Rural and Regional Research in Trondheim, Norway. 

Carole White is a research fellow in the Global Environmental Justice Group at the University of East Anglia, UK, and a Senior Social Researcher at the UK Government Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jeremy Phillipson is Professor of Rural Development at the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University, UK.  

Kristen Ounanian is an associate professor at Centre for Blue Governance at Aalborg University, Denmark. 

Contenu

Part I Introduction 

1 Researching People and the SeaSetting the Scene 

Carole S. White, Madeleine Gustavsson, Jeremy Phillipson, and

Kristen Ounanian Part II Experiences from the Field: Adapting Methods,

Practices and Reflexivity 

2 Naked Methodology: Baring It All for a Realistic Account

of Marine Social Science  Kristen Ounanian

3 Attending to the Rhythms of the Sea, Place and Gendered

Cultures in Interviewing Fishers and Fishing Families 

Madeleine Gustavsson 4 Towards an Ethic of Care Within Fisheries Social Research 

Natalie Ross

5 Safety, Ethics and Trust: Reflecting on Methodological

Challenges in Fisheries Research  Hannah Chiswell, Julie Urquhart, Nick Lewis, Jasmine Black,

Paul Courtney, and Matt Reed

Part III Windows into Particular Methods: Innovations and

Traditions  6 Addressing Low Rates of Attendance Within Fisher Focus

Groups: Reflections from Inshore Fisheries Research in

England 

Rebecca Korda, Tim Gray, Dot Kirk-Adams, and Selina Stead 7 Exploring the Relationship Between Local Ecological

Knowledge and Technology Through Participant

Observation Onboard Fishing Vessels 

Jeremy Anbleyth-Evans 8 Ecosystems, Communities and Canoes: Using Photovoice

to Understand Relationships Among Coastal

Environments and Social Wellbeing 

Ana Carolina Esteves Dias and Derek Armitage 9 Using Photographs in Coastal Research and Engagement:

Reflections on Two Case Studies 

Merryn Thomas, Erin Roberts, Nick Pidgeon, and

Karen Henwood 10 Applications of Archival Sources and Historical

Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Coastal and Marine

Research 

Alanna Casey Part IV Translating Across Disciplines and Policy 

11 Integrating Social and Ecological Research on the Impacts

of Offshore Wind Farms in North America 

Talya ten Brink, Tracey Dalton, and Julia Livermore

12 Imagining the Coast: A Mixed Methods Approach to

Elicit Perceptions and Conflicts on the West Coast of

Ireland 

Maria Pafi, Wesley Flannery, and Brendan Murtagh 13 Blending Environmental Humanities and Policy Studies:

A Narrative Analysis Approach to Hybrid Scholarship on

the Coast 

Anna S. Antonova 14 Reflections on Methodological Tensions in Doing

Qualitative Research at the Science-Policy-Community

Interface 

Ruth Brennan Part V Conclusion 

15 Discerning Expertise in Researching People and the Sea 

 Kristen Ounanian, Jeremy Phillipson, Madeleine Gustavsson,

and Carole S. White

Index