Deepwater alchemy : extractive mediation and the taming of the seafloor / Lisa Yin Han.

"Set against the backdrop of climate change, energy transition, and the expansion of industrial offshore extractions, Deepwater Alchemy looks at oceanic media and its representation of the seabed in terms of valuable resources. Lisa Yin Han introduces the concept of extractive mediation to desc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Han, Lisa Yin, 1991- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : making sea into land
  • The blue archive and the blue frontier : from salvage to extraction
  • Swimmers in a sonic pipeline : petroleum surveys
  • Perilous plumes : mining waste adrift
  • Ocean pacemakers : cetacean telemetry and ocean health
  • Deepwater feeds : futures of seabed media infrastructure
  • Conclusion : defining ethical ocean mediation.