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“Human Dimensions of Oceans: From a Sociological Perspective” blog series is live on FATHOM.
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Kin in Captivity: Toward a Decolonial Approach to Marine Parks and Killer Whales
Nikol Damato
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2026
For decades, killer whales have been commodified in marine parks across the globe. By critically examining their capture, captivity, and release through the decolonial lens of kinship, we can move toward a future of multispecies justice.
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Topics
Activism
Aesthetics
AI
Aquaculture
aquariums
Artisanal Fisheries
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Conservation
Blue Economy
Blue Foods
Blue Hegemony
Capitalism
captivity
Central America
ChatGPT
Classification
Climate Change
Climate Change Adaptation
colonialism
Commodification
Commodification of Science
Conservation
Deep-Sea Mining
Degrowth
Desalination
displacement
dispossession
Ecological Thought
Electronic Monitoring
Environmental Justice
Environmental Law and Policy
Equitable Data Access
Feminist Theory
Fisheries
Gender
Ghana
Human Dimensions of Oceans: From a Sociological Perspective
Indo-Pacific
Inequity
International Relations
Intersectionality
killer whales
kinship
Labor Unions
Latin America
marine parks
Micro-trends
Militarism
multispecies justice
Ocean Frontier
Ocean Justice
Ocean Technology
orcas
Perception
Poetry
Political Economy
Pollution
Queer Theory
Racial Capitalism
Reading List
Resilience
Sardines
Scientific Knowledge
Scientific Language
Scientific Lingo
Small Scale Fisheries
Social Equity
Student-Led Initiatives
Surveillance
The Gambia
Transboundary Fisheries Management
Tuna
Urban Marine Space
Wellness
Women
Authors
Aaron Padgett
Abigael Kim
Ana Lucía Pozas
Ana Spalding
Angela Abolhassani
Anne-Lise Boyer
Annet Pauwelussen
Apollonya Porcelli
Brian O’Neill
Fatou Hadim Jobe
Jade Jones
Jordan Fox
Leah Huff
Liliana Sierra Castillo
Margaux Crider Robinson
Mark Nepf
Matthew Jerome Schneider
Nadège Legroux
Nicole Kaiser
Nikol Damato
Oliver Tiliouine
Richard Anderson
Sieme Bossier
Timothy Clark
Vanessa Jaiteh
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