More-Than-Human Geopolitics
How Fishing Shapes Cross-Border Relations in the Gulf of Saint-Malo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4873014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karst Berkenbosch (0000-0002-8714-0254, KU Leuven), Arie Stoffelen (0000-0003-2000-5493, KU Leuven), Federica Bono (0000-0002-7314-3091, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2025.2490739 |
| OpenAlex | W4409466823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
Geopolitical processes cross spatial scales and are shaped by human and non-human actors and dimensions. We apply assemblage theory to study the cross-border relations in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, a complex marine region where Brexit resurfaced a dispute about the territorialisation and use of marine space. Using semi-structured interviews and participant observations, we demonstrate that past and current fisheries management regimes were unable to handle the fishing industry’s dynamics – emergent from interacting human and non-human elements, including fish migration patterns, the weather, and tidal variations. Anthropocentric policies introduced by Brexit further problematised fisheries management. The mismatch between the dynamic, more-than-human fisheries assemblage and the relatively static and anthropocentric management contributed to geopolitical instability. Yet, the inattention to non-human components was reinforced by coping strategies within the local fisheries sector. We highlight that multi-scalar more-than-human assemblages co-shape geopolitical situations, adding complexity and nonlinearity to what are often considered anthropogenic geopolitical disputes
Art history · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Fishing · Geography · Geopolitics · International relations · Political science · Politics · SAINT · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law
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Assemblage Theory
The state, all at sea
Of other seas
Women's changing productive practices, gender relations and identities in fishing through a critical feminisation perspective
Assemblage theory and method
The Minquiers and Ecrehos Case
The sea and International Relations
Reshaping critical geopolitics? The materialist challenge
Materials, forensics and feminist geopolitics
Can assemblage think difference? A feminist critique of assemblage geographies
Qualitative methods II
Assemblage Theory, or, the Future of an Illusion
Revisiting geographies of social reproduction
Hotspot geopolitics versus geosocial solidarity
Geopolitical assemblages and complexity
On assemblages and geography
Putting geopolitics in its place
The nature conservation-geopolitics complex
Using ethnography and assemblage theory in political geography
Feminist Geopolitics
Bottom-up Geopolitics and Everyday Brexits at the Gibraltar-Spain Border
Understanding the Fishing 'Community
Images and Imaginings of Palestine
More-Than-Human Borders
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |