Kristen Ounanian
Biographic Data
| ID | 1668378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristen Ounanian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristen |
| FAMILY NAME | Ounanian |
| SIGNATURE | OUNANIAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalborg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3561-610X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rise of the rhizome
Coastal communities are experiencing profound social, economic, and environmental change that challenges their capacities to adapt and determine their own futures. In this paper, we conceptualize how such communities navigate change by reconciling their specific transitions within, yet distinct from, the wider sustainability transitions scholarship. The ever-expanding literature addressing transition emphasizes the what and why of change, yet oft…
Collaging plural coastal futures
Co-creation is increasingly prioritised in climate change adaptation, yet participatory planning often excludes vulnerable and marginalised voices. Traditional participatory planning approaches can be inaccessible, tokenistic, or reinforce existing power imbalances thus failing to adhere to procedural justice principles. In response, arts-based methods are emerging as promising tools to support inclusive and meaningful co-creation. Arts-based met…
Arts-based methods for just co-creation of sustainable futures
In light of the climate crisis, we face an urgent need to transform to just and sustainable futures. In sustainability decision-making, there has been a turn toward co-creation for jointly imagining such futures. However, while we know that co-creation is essential for supporting just transformations, traditional participatory planning methods are not adequately primed to support considerations of justice. Considering the serious limitations of t…
Centering coastal communities’ diverse economic practices in the blue economy
Deconstructing and resisting coastal displacement
Coastal communities have long been at the periphery of human geography. Nonetheless, the coasts present a rich context to understand and deconstruct processes of displacement—enclosure, ocean grabbing, gentrification, and financialization—and the salience of adjacency claims as resistance. While scholars have theorized that the coast’s spatial specificity may enable communities to raise adjacency claims, scholarship has not reconciled the degree …
It’s how you catch the fish’
Since the second half of the 20th century, Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) has been the guiding principle of fisheries management, focused on reaching sustainability through bioeconomic modelling and harvest regulations. MSY has allowed managers to set Total Allowable Catch levels for target species with further implications for various forms of catch share programs. In this article, we employ a feminist ethic of care approach and literature on l…
Existential fisheries dependence
This article considers how remoteness, rurality, and local initiatives combine to enable community responses to the threat of fisheries enclosure. Centred on two case studies from a wider portfolio of six cases in Northern Jutland, Denmark and New England, USA, the article presents a narrative of these places based on semi-structured interviews and participant observation. Thorupstrand, Denmark and Cutler, Maine, USA exemplify communities fightin…
Not a ‘museum town’
This article investigates community perceptions of authenticity in connection to the fishing and tourism sectors and the relationships therein. Inspired by fieldwork in three Danish coastal communities, the article attends to discussions on fishing, tourism, and change, in which residents referred to ‘museum’ or ‘museum town’ as shorthand for an undesirable transformation. The article answers: (1) what are the underlying concerns of becoming a ‘m…
Not a ‘museum town’
This article investigates community perceptions of authenticity in connection to the fishing and tourism sectors and the relationships therein. Inspired by fieldwork in three Danish coastal communities, the article attends to discussions on fishing, tourism, and change, in which residents referred to ‘museum’ or ‘museum town’ as shorthand for an undesirable transformation. The article answers: (1) what are the underlying concerns of becoming a ‘m…
Deconstructing and resisting coastal displacement
Coastal communities have long been at the periphery of human geography. Nonetheless, the coasts present a rich context to understand and deconstruct processes of displacement—enclosure, ocean grabbing, gentrification, and financialization—and the salience of adjacency claims as resistance. While scholars have theorized that the coast’s spatial specificity may enable communities to raise adjacency claims, scholarship has not reconciled the degree …
Not a ‘museum town’
This article investigates community perceptions of authenticity in connection to the fishing and tourism sectors and the relationships therein. Inspired by fieldwork in three Danish coastal communities, the article attends to discussions on fishing, tourism, and change, in which residents referred to ‘museum’ or ‘museum town’ as shorthand for an undesirable transformation. The article answers: (1) what are the underlying concerns of becoming a ‘m…
Existential fisheries dependence
This article considers how remoteness, rurality, and local initiatives combine to enable community responses to the threat of fisheries enclosure. Centred on two case studies from a wider portfolio of six cases in Northern Jutland, Denmark and New England, USA, the article presents a narrative of these places based on semi-structured interviews and participant observation. Thorupstrand, Denmark and Cutler, Maine, USA exemplify communities fightin…
It’s how you catch the fish’
Since the second half of the 20th century, Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) has been the guiding principle of fisheries management, focused on reaching sustainability through bioeconomic modelling and harvest regulations. MSY has allowed managers to set Total Allowable Catch levels for target species with further implications for various forms of catch share programs. In this article, we employ a feminist ethic of care approach and literature on l…
Deconstructing and resisting coastal displacement
Coastal communities have long been at the periphery of human geography. Nonetheless, the coasts present a rich context to understand and deconstruct processes of displacement—enclosure, ocean grabbing, gentrification, and financialization—and the salience of adjacency claims as resistance. While scholars have theorized that the coast’s spatial specificity may enable communities to raise adjacency claims, scholarship has not reconciled the degree …
Centering coastal communities’ diverse economic practices in the blue economy
Rise of the rhizome
Coastal communities are experiencing profound social, economic, and environmental change that challenges their capacities to adapt and determine their own futures. In this paper, we conceptualize how such communities navigate change by reconciling their specific transitions within, yet distinct from, the wider sustainability transitions scholarship. The ever-expanding literature addressing transition emphasizes the what and why of change, yet oft…
Collaging plural coastal futures
Co-creation is increasingly prioritised in climate change adaptation, yet participatory planning often excludes vulnerable and marginalised voices. Traditional participatory planning approaches can be inaccessible, tokenistic, or reinforce existing power imbalances thus failing to adhere to procedural justice principles. In response, arts-based methods are emerging as promising tools to support inclusive and meaningful co-creation. Arts-based met…
Arts-based methods for just co-creation of sustainable futures
In light of the climate crisis, we face an urgent need to transform to just and sustainable futures. In sustainability decision-making, there has been a turn toward co-creation for jointly imagining such futures. However, while we know that co-creation is essential for supporting just transformations, traditional participatory planning methods are not adequately primed to support considerations of justice. Considering the serious limitations of t…
Coastal and Marine Management (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (2 works) · Fishery (2 works) · Fishing (2 works)