Ocean Acidification as a Hyperobject
Mediating Acidic Milieus in the Anthropocene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22011647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oriol Batalla (0000-0002-7555-1734, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 136-153 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ecozon European Journal of Literature Culture and Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2171-9594 • E-ISSN: 2171-9594 |
| Publisher | Universidad de Alcala (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.37536/ecozona.2023.14.1.4326 |
| OpenAlex | W4367551894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Through the usage of Timothy Morton’s hyperobjects (2013) as a heuristic, this essay aims to portray how Ocean Acidification can be read as a hyperobject affecting tropical seawaters and beyond. Furthermore, it illustrates how the arts and humanities, through their hermeneutical gaze, might help us grasp Ocean Acidification as a hyperobject and the wide array of other objects that act upon each other in such acidic oceanic waters. In this task, the article will close-read the Underwater Woman set of pictures by Christine Ren (2018) understanding the interpretation of art as a tool to reconnect cognition and emotion to move from the understanding of a crisis to the feeling of such crisis. Finally, it aims to shed light upon the implications arising from considering Ocean Acidification as a hyperobject. By connecting the theoretical, visual and political in the same narrative, this essay highlights the transformative potential of interpretation and thinking through hyperobjects. With this, the challenges of the Anthropocene are put at the forefront, situating specific events and problematics in a planetary scale
Anthropocene · Art · Climate change · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Feeling · Gaze · Kaleidoscope · Literature · Narrative · Ocean Acidification · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Transformative learning · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses · Philosophy · Psychology · Geology · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |