Artistic Value as a New Paradigm to Promote Ocean Conservation.

IF 1.6 3区 哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Juliette Bessette, Thierry Pérez
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Abstract

This position paper explores the artistic value that can be attributed to the ocean through works of art. The starting point is the economic argument used in ocean conservation, which is based on the concept of ecosystem services (ES), primarily considered as goods and services the ocean provides to society. Through an interdisciplinary approach, we briefly discuss the successes and limitations of this concept and the potential role of artistic value in relation to it. We then examine three case studies of contemporary artworks produced between 2015 and 2021, closely tied to marine natural sciences. Through these works, we explore how contemporary art can potentially operate within the ES framework, while also surpassing it through the specific type of value it induces in the ocean. Each of the case studies exemplifies a type of tangible engagement that art can provoke towards the ocean: (1) creating "embodied knowledge" of scientific understanding of the ocean (Nicolas Floc'h), (2) raising awareness through awe (Irene Kopelman), and (3) shaping a different type of concern for marine animals and their environments (Joan Jonas). Finally, through a critical analysis, we argue that a serious consideration of an artistic value attributed to the ocean can serve to place social points of reference that bridge canonical scientific knowledge with a diversity of other types of narratives related to it, thus contributing to a shift towards a new paradigm for supporting ocean conservation.

艺术价值:推动海洋保育的新范例。
这篇立场论文探讨了通过艺术作品赋予海洋的艺术价值。出发点是海洋保护中使用的经济论点,它基于生态系统服务(ES)的概念,主要被认为是海洋向社会提供的商品和服务。通过跨学科的方法,我们简要地讨论了这一概念的成功和局限性,以及与之相关的艺术价值的潜在作用。然后,我们研究了2015年至2021年间创作的三个与海洋自然科学密切相关的当代艺术品的案例研究。通过这些作品,我们探索当代艺术如何在ES框架内潜在地运作,同时也通过它在海洋中引发的特定类型的价值来超越它。每个案例研究都体现了艺术可以激发对海洋的一种有形参与:(1)创造对海洋的科学理解的“具体化知识”(尼古拉斯·弗洛克),(2)通过敬畏提高认识(艾琳·科佩尔曼),(3)塑造对海洋动物及其环境的不同类型的关注(琼·乔纳斯)。最后,通过批判性分析,我们认为,认真考虑海洋的艺术价值,可以为社会提供参考,将规范的科学知识与与之相关的各种其他类型的叙述联系起来,从而有助于向支持海洋保护的新范式转变。
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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学
CiteScore
2.60
自引率
5.00%
发文量
58
期刊介绍: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is an interdisciplinary journal committed to providing an integrative approach to understanding the life sciences. It welcomes submissions from historians, philosophers, biologists, physicians, ethicists and scholars in the social studies of science. Contributors are expected to offer broad and interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of biology, biomedicine and related fields, especially as these perspectives illuminate the foundations, development, and/or implications of scientific practices and related developments. Submissions which are collaborative and feature different disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged, as are submissions written by senior and junior scholars (including graduate students).
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