The Ocean Is Not a Machine: A Feminist Media Analysis of Oceanographic Models, Simulations, and Futures
Published online on April 14, 2026
Abstract
World Futures Review, Ahead of Print.
This article examines how scientific and artistic representations and technologies shape ocean futures. Dominant Western oceanography frequently engages mechanistic metaphors that conceptualize the ocean as a machine, pump, or carbon sponge. This way of ...
This article examines how scientific and artistic representations and technologies shape ocean futures. Dominant Western oceanography frequently engages mechanistic metaphors that conceptualize the ocean as a machine, pump, or carbon sponge. This way of ...