How humans relate to the global ocean

2019 Project Ideas

I've done my best to very briefly synthesize all of your ideas. Hopefully this will help you connect with your peers to form project groups.

Miles Craggs: The evolution of naval technologies and the importance of modern technological development.

Dana Fong: The ocean’s influence on Polynesian art and/or human adaptation to global sea level rise.

Isabela Garcia: The role of art in political revolution and its application to plastic pollution.

Andrew Grueteran: Documentary on global networking and commerce.What are the vulnerabilities and what would be the effect of their breakdown?

Logan Guillet: Naval technology past, present, and future.How did we get where we are now and how will technologies such as A.I. affect our trajectory going forward?

Alexander Islas: The economic consequences of shellfish harvest closures caused by harmful algal blooms.

Connor Izumi: Documentary on marine conservation and plastic pollution.

Katie Johnson: Microplastics, human health, and societal change.

Amy Larsen: Children’s book on ocean acidification

Leo MacLeod: Several ideas, including conservation of “uncharismatic”marine organisms, learning from indigenous and first nation peoples environmental practices/stewardship, and the role of the oceans in sci-fi media.

Ben Mather: Industry and consumerism’s effects on the natural world. How can we move the focus from short-term financial gain to long-term environmental health?

Kendra McKeague: The interconnectedness of science and art,specifically in regard to the ocean, taking a historical perspective.

Taylor Mixon: Past, present, and future of economic prosperity vs. environmental conservation.

Tehwan Park: Human-induced changes in the world’s oceans,including chemical waste, plastics pollution, and the way the news media covers these issues.

James Scukas: Modern human migration by sea – recent history, sociopolitical context, and ethical issues.

Madison Selby: Ocean pollution, what’s currently being done,and what can/should be done in the future.

Xuejie Sheng: Recreation and the Sea. Balancing access and protection, comparing international policies, and connecting it to art.

Jazzy Shepard: How to change the perspective of large corporations from short term to long term?

Josh Trierweiler: Marine protected areas – what they are,how they work, their environmental/economic tradeoff, and the roadblocks to establishing them.

Chris Walker: Exploring technological innovation in addressing oceanic plastic waste and/or exploring educational tools/techniques for changing the way we think about and use plastics.

Rachel Wang: Shifting ideologies about the ocean as seen in the art and law of the sea.

Spencer Washom: Shared goals and potential collaboration between scientists, the navy, and government organizations towards continuing oceanic research and exploration.

Yifan Wu: The importance of sea power throughout history and today. Possibly exploring future outcomes and/or alternate histories.