Author of Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through Seawater
How might the ocean change our assumptions about memory
Ocean Memory Lightning Talk
I’m interested in exciting scientific examples of memory in the ocean, but as a humanist, I’m also interested in how the ocean might change the way(s) that we think about memory. This question is closely related to the topic of my first book, Wild Blue Media, which works through the literary and philosophical implications of imagining media concepts (inscription, interface, database) underwater. During the first two iterations of the OM workshops, I gave a talk on common metaphors of memory/cognition, and also led a short workshop on writing science fiction inspired by Ursula LeGuin’s story “The Author of Acacia Seeds.” I am currently a member of the group collaborating on the “Descent and Transformation” project.
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Melody Jue
Melody Jue is Associate Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara. She is the author of Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through Seawater (Duke University Press, 2020) and co-editor (with Rafico Ruiz) of Saturation: An Elemental Politics (Duke Press, 2021) and co-editor with Zach Blas and Jennifer Rhee of Informatics of Domination (Duke Press, under contract). Her articles have appeared in Grey Room, Configurations, Media+Environment, Women’s Studies Quarterly, and Resilience.