Extraordinarily hazardous : fog, water, ice and human precarity in the aquapelagic assemblage of the Grand Banks (northwest Atlantic)
This article examines the disruptive role that fog and associated weather conditions play in human livelihood activities undertaken on and around the Grand Banks of the north-western Atlantic, the affective atmosphere they create and their effect on human participants. After an introduction to the p...
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ftunivwestsyd:oai:researchdirect.westernsydney.edu.au:uws_72198 2023-10-09T21:54:40+02:00 Extraordinarily hazardous : fog, water, ice and human precarity in the aquapelagic assemblage of the Grand Banks (northwest Atlantic) Hayward, Philip (R21160) 2023 print 18 https://doi.org/10.1344/co2023347-24 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:72198 eng eng Spain, Universitat de Barcelona Coolabah--1988-5946-- Vol. 34 Issue. No. pp: 7-24 © 2023 Philip R Hayward. This text may be archived and redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that the author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged, in accordance with our Creative Commons Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). XXXXXX - Unknown journal article 2023 ftunivwestsyd https://doi.org/10.1344/co2023347-24 2023-09-18T22:26:35Z This article examines the disruptive role that fog and associated weather conditions play in human livelihood activities undertaken on and around the Grand Banks of the north-western Atlantic, the affective atmosphere they create and their effect on human participants. After an introduction to the position and nature of the Grand Banks, relevant weather systems, ocean currents and iceberg trajectories through the region, the article profiles the nature of fishing (and, subsequently, oil extraction) in the area, of the precarity of livelihood activities undertaken and their reflection and inscription in various media. This approach identifies the manner in which aquapelagos (integrated terrestrial and marine systems) are not necessarily safe or stable entities – even in the shortest of terms – and can, indeed, represent assemblages in which humans are stressed and threatened. Within this, the case study examines the manner in which fog is not so much an uncomfortable intrusion into an otherwise manageable industrial operation as a key characteristic to be accommodated. The experience of fog is crucial to the social experience of the Grand Banks and of the aquapelago that is constituted around it. Substantial consideration is also given to the atmospherics of Grand Banks fog in literature and visual art and of the imaginative space created for it. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic University of Western Sydney (UWS): Research Direct Coolabah 34 7 24 |
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This article examines the disruptive role that fog and associated weather conditions play in human livelihood activities undertaken on and around the Grand Banks of the north-western Atlantic, the affective atmosphere they create and their effect on human participants. After an introduction to the position and nature of the Grand Banks, relevant weather systems, ocean currents and iceberg trajectories through the region, the article profiles the nature of fishing (and, subsequently, oil extraction) in the area, of the precarity of livelihood activities undertaken and their reflection and inscription in various media. This approach identifies the manner in which aquapelagos (integrated terrestrial and marine systems) are not necessarily safe or stable entities – even in the shortest of terms – and can, indeed, represent assemblages in which humans are stressed and threatened. Within this, the case study examines the manner in which fog is not so much an uncomfortable intrusion into an otherwise manageable industrial operation as a key characteristic to be accommodated. The experience of fog is crucial to the social experience of the Grand Banks and of the aquapelago that is constituted around it. Substantial consideration is also given to the atmospherics of Grand Banks fog in literature and visual art and of the imaginative space created for it. |
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Extraordinarily hazardous : fog, water, ice and human precarity in the aquapelagic assemblage of the Grand Banks (northwest Atlantic) |
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Extraordinarily hazardous : fog, water, ice and human precarity in the aquapelagic assemblage of the Grand Banks (northwest Atlantic) |
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Extraordinarily hazardous : fog, water, ice and human precarity in the aquapelagic assemblage of the Grand Banks (northwest Atlantic) |
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© 2023 Philip R Hayward. This text may be archived and redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that the author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged, in accordance with our Creative Commons Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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