At Home on the Waves

Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today

Tanya J. King, Gary Robinson, Bonnie J. McCay , Tim Ingold

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Berghahn Books
18 February 2019

Maritime history; Environmental archaeology; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

Contemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine and idealize marine spaces in which humans are absent. In contrast, this collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at sea, and continue to live intimately with it. In doing so, it brings together both ethnographic and archaeological research – much of it with an explicit Ingoldian approach – on a wide range of geographical areas and historical periods.

Afterword by: Tim Ingold
Foreword by: Bonnie J. McCay
Edited by: Tanya J. King, Gary Robinson
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 24
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781789201420
ISBN 10: 178920142X
Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 18 February 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tanya J. King is an Associate Professor in environmental anthropology at Deakin University, Australia. She is a maritime anthropologist, and her research focuses on the social and ecological implications of environmental policy implementation.

Reviews for At Home on the Waves: Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today

A very ambitious project which engages critically with a timely topic... It crucially brings to the fore the voices and ways of life of those often marginalized or otherwise left out. Fiona McCormack, University of Waikato Interdisciplinary research is all the rage, but rarely does one find a single volume that manages to weave such varied perspectives and approaches into a fascinating whole. Madeleine Hall-Arber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology