The ocean in excess: Connecting with the cosmos in European geography and encountering Polynesian ontological perspectives

Abstract

In welcoming this addition to Peters and Steinberg’s insights on water, seas and oceans and their ontological implications this paper asks about connections with cosmos thinking in geography, and with learning with those with non-Western perspectives, for instance from Polynesia. It asks whether the ‘frames’ of understanding Peters and Steinberg seek can come from Geography, and what new forms of representation are needed?

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cosmos ocean ontology sea of islands sphere

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