Beyond Borders and States: Modelling Ocean Connectivity According to Indigenous Cosmovisions

• Published in: Arctic Review on Law and Politics
• Main Authors: Poto, Margherita Paola, Enyew, Endalew Lijalem, Tsiouvalas, Apostolos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340; Arctic; Pillar; Arctic review on law and politics; Law of the Sea
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23542; https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v12.3290

The article describes some common features of Indigenous sea cosmovisions (through examples from Oceania and the Arctic region), from which an understanding of ocean governance rooted in the interconnectedness of all life and the importance of protecting water and people emerges. Hence, the model of...