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Mining questions of ‘what’ and ‘who’: deepening discussions of the seabed for future policy and governance (2022)
Journal Article
Conde, M., Mondré, A., Peters, K., & Steinberg, P. (2022). Mining questions of ‘what’ and ‘who’: deepening discussions of the seabed for future policy and governance. Maritime Studies, 21(3), 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-022-00273-2

In spite of a proliferation of academic and policy-oriented interest in deep sea mining (DSM), this paper argues that two underlying questions remain underexplored. The first relates to what exactly the seabed is; the second to who the stakeholders a... Read More about Mining questions of ‘what’ and ‘who’: deepening discussions of the seabed for future policy and governance.

Blue Planet, Black Lives: Matter, Memory, and the Temporalities of Political Geography (2021)
Journal Article
Steinberg, P. (2022). Blue Planet, Black Lives: Matter, Memory, and the Temporalities of Political Geography. Political Geography, 96, Article 102524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102524

This article considers how the ontological challenges posed by the ocean's materiality and the porous boundaries of marine ecologies and economies aligns with scholarship emanating from Black and Caribbean thought to rethink the linear histories and... Read More about Blue Planet, Black Lives: Matter, Memory, and the Temporalities of Political Geography.

Turbulent waters in three parts (2021)
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Lehman, J., Steinberg, P., & Johnson, E. (2021). Turbulent waters in three parts. Theory and Event, 24(1), 192-219

While scientific accounts of ocean dynamics draw public attention to the turbulence of earthly matter, the science alone tells a truncated story. The ocean's turbulent materiality is more than material: practices of scientific knowledge and historica... Read More about Turbulent waters in three parts.

A critical social perspective on deep sea mining: Lessons from the emergent industry in Japan (2020)
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Carver, R., Childs, J., Steinberg, P., Mabon, L., Matsuda, H., Squire, R., …Esteban, M. (2020). A critical social perspective on deep sea mining: Lessons from the emergent industry in Japan. Ocean & Coastal Management, 193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105242

In 2017 the Japanese government reported that its state-owned mining company had successfully extracted zinc from the seabed off the coast of Okinawa. This piloting of technology is currently the world's only example of large-scale extractive activit... Read More about A critical social perspective on deep sea mining: Lessons from the emergent industry in Japan.

Cross-currents and undertows: A response (2019)
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Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2019). Cross-currents and undertows: A response. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(3), 333-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820619879521

In our response, we address two themes that appear in several of the commentaries. First, we elaborate on our decision to maintain a focus on the ocean, rather than turning to a term that speaks more clearly to geographic categories (e.g. the sea), e... Read More about Cross-currents and undertows: A response.

The ocean in excess: Towards a more-than-wet ontology (2019)
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Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2019). The ocean in excess: Towards a more-than-wet ontology. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(3), 293-307. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820619872886

This paper builds upon previous assertions that the ocean provides a fertile environment for reconceptualising understandings of space, time, movement, and experiences of being in a transformative and mobile world. Following previous articles that ur... Read More about The ocean in excess: Towards a more-than-wet ontology.

Editorial: The Ocean as Frontier (2018)
Journal Article
Steinberg, P. (2018). Editorial: The Ocean as Frontier. International Social Science Journal, 68(229-230), 237-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12152

This editorial explores how the concept of the frontier calls attention to the ocean as a space of both opening and closure. Whilst the new opportunities suggested by a frontier imply an opening, the realisation of these opportunities typically requi... Read More about Editorial: The Ocean as Frontier.