Researching People and the Sea

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 AffairsJeremy 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.

• Part I Introduction.- 1. Researching People and the Sea – Setting the Scene; Carole S. White, Madeleine Gustavsson, Jeremy Phillipson, 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, 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, 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, Carole S. White.