Values at Sea Podcast

In the run up to the workshop in Exeter in 2023 we recorded several short interviews with workshop participants – researchers from different disciplines but all with a marine focus – which are now available online as podcast episodes. See below to listen and for more information. The interviews were conducted by Sonia Levy (an independent artist with an interest in oceanic worlds) and Elis Jones (a PhD student at the University of Exeter working at the intersection of philosophy, sociology and coral reef science). They were funded by the South West Doctoral Training Partnership.

Listen here: Spotify, Soundcloud, PodBean, Amazon, or for other platforms see our PodBean page. More platforms will become available over the next few days. You can also listen below.

For more of Sonia’s work, see her website here: https://www.sonialevy.net/

About the podcast

This podcast features interviews with researchers working on topics related to the ocean, the study of the ocean, and the various ways marine environments are important to different forms of life. These researchers were part of an interdisciplinary workshop held in Exeter in April 2023, and the podcast is designed to give a deeper insight into the work of some of these workshop participants. Each episode focuses on the research of a specific person, as well as their relationship with the sea, including political and personal connections.

Episode 2: Pamela Buchan – The Values at Sea Podcast

In this episode we talk to Dr Pamela Buchan, who investigates marine citizenship and how people come to identify with the sea. Producers: Sonia Levy & Elis Jones | Funders: ESRC via the SWDTP  

1. Episode 2: Pamela Buchan 33:50
2. Episode 1: Stefan Helmreich 38:50

Episodes:

Episode 1 – Prof. Stefan Helmreich

Stefan Helmreich is an anthropology professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies marine scientists. In this episode we talk about his work, including studying microbial and physical oceanographers, as well as other aspects of human-sea relations. See more about Stefan here.

Episode 2 – Dr. Pamela Buchan

Pamela Buchan is a marine social scientist at the University of Exeter in the UK, studying the ways in which people come to develop marine identities or to see themselves as marine citizens. We discuss these topics and and the changing ways people relate to the ocean in this episode. See more about Pamela here.

Episodes 3 and 4 to be released soon