1 Researching People and the Sea—Setting the Scene
Carole S. White, Madeleine Gustavsson, Jeremy Phillipson, and
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, and
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, and 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,
and Carole S. White
Index
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 Affairs
Jeremy 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.
In this unique edited collection, social scientists reflect upon and openly share insights gathered from researching people and the sea. Understanding how people use, relate to and interact with coastal and marine environments has never been more important, with social scientists having an increasingly vital contribution to make. Yet practical experiences in deploying social science approaches in this field are typically hidden away in field notes and unpublished doctoral manuscripts, with the opportunity for shared learning that comes from doing research often missed. There is a need for reflection on how social science knowledge is produced. This collection presents experiences from the field, its necessary reflexivity and innovation in methods, and the challenges and opportunities of translating across disciplines and policy. It brings to light the tacit expertise needed to study people and the sea and offers lessons which readers could employ in their own research. With a focus on the future direction of marine social sciences, the volume is highly relevant to masters and doctoral students and more experienced researchers engaged in studying people and the sea, as well as policy makers, practitioners and scientists wishing to understand the social dimension of marine and coastal environments.
Chapters 2 and 3 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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 and social researcher in the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.
Jeremy 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.