Gabriel N. Gee holds a PhD in contemporary art history from the Université Paris X Nanterre. He teaches contemporary art history and theory at Franklin University. His current research interests include twentieth century British and Irish art, the changing representations and imaginaries of port cities, as well as interconnected global histories. He is co-founder of the TETI group, for Textures and Experiences of Trans-Industriality (www.tetigroup.org.)
Caroline Wiedmer holds a PhD in comparative literature from Princeton University. She teaches comparative literature, film studies, and cultural studies at Franklin University. Her research interests include memory studies, refugee studies, documentary film, environmental humanities, law and culture, spatiality, and the workings of narrative in multiple domains of cultural, legal, and intellectual life.

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Foreword 9
Introduction: maritime introspections 11
Altona: Between land and sea 35
The future of work: scaffolds and agencies 47
Genoa: the story of a port city and its hinterland 55
European seaport narratives: mirroring history in contemporary media 63
Market stall: maritime commerce in the collections of European maritime museums 77
From lighthouses to barcodes 97
The European tour 107
Bottleneck pressure: Port Said 115
Tarnished gold: border regimes from the Mediterranean to Switzerland 123
Liquid territory 143
They cleaned the beach before we arrived 149
Between the city and the deep sea: on the plastic nature of the Helsinki shoreline 157
No trophy 165
Haul away: Liverpool's irregular currents 173
North Canada - English Electric, 2010 191
A short journey (from Derry to Inishowen) 197
A letter to Henrietta 203
Acoustic ocean: annotated video script 209