This is the thread for the #fracturedcoasts Roundtable brought to you by the Coastal History Network. Today's guest speakers will be @brdemuth @E_Devienne @david_gange @gerry_bigelow. @WorthingtonD is on compere duties.

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@WorthingtonD - all the speakers today have something more in common than working on histories of the coast #coastalhistory. The coast is a difficult place and we can see #social #environmental 'fracture' #fracturedcoasts

@E_Devienne - the beach was a fractured, fragmented space - social fragmentation, especially racially and gendered space. The 20thC augered the culmination of this. #JimCrow laws #USBeach #fracturedcoasts

@E_Devienne 21st C - more difficult to discern the social 'fractures' in the beach. The rupture is between the 'haves' that live on the beach, and the 'have nots' that cannot afford to live there. *Who* has access to the coast is now the question. #fracturedcoasts

@gerry_bigelow - Outlines his research on #Geo-catastrophes and its affect on sandy coastlines, especially #Jutland #Dutch coast and #ShetlandIslands Name checked @DunesHistory doing similar studies in #Portugal #fracturedcoasts

@gerry_bigelow - ancient coasts fractured by climate change. However, global cooling, rather than global warming, affected his case studies in the #ShetlandIslands #fracturedcoasts

@gerry_bigelow - today's climate change is a challenge to the preservation of cultures and monuments. However, how do we prioritise what gets saved? #fracturedcoasts

@brdemuth - outlined her research on the Bering Strait coasts #Russian #US geopolitical fractures between 15 miles of sea #fracturedcoasts

@brdemuth - idea of "species fractures" e.g commercial hunting #walrus hunting has an impact which is on wildlife, not just people #fracturedcoasts

@brdemuth - traditional historical narratives - very linear, presenting change over time with the argument of progress and decline. However, the Bering Strait's sea ice coasts are inherently cyclical #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange - interest in #coastalhistory efforts that produced fractures. Thinking "from the water" may help redress our focus on the land #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange - proffers 'potential history' as a way to redress the balance of focus on modernity and industry. Land-based fractures can be viewed differently from the water #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange describes #kayaking around "The Frayed Atlantic Edge" - building a skill set to gain insight into historical research #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange - asks how we can disrupt the authority of the archive, and how instrumental #decolonising the language of coastal history can be. Notes the work of #hydrofeminists for decentring gendered narratives of the sea #fracturedcoasts

@WorthingtonD asks the panel - What brought you to #coastalhistory? How about you? #fracturedcoasts

@gerry_bigelow cites working on Viking settlements on the coast as an inspiration. @E_Devienne argues that #maritime and #oceanic history was not representative of what she was trying to do with the history of the #beach. #coastalhistory #fracturedcoasts

@E_Devienne - studies on beach culture given more legitimisation by @IsaacLand2 's #coastalhistory framework #fracturedcoasts

@WorthingtonD - struck by the amount of scholarly work that is now being published on #coastalhistory #coastalstudies. #fracturedcoasts

@brdemuth - climate change means that terrestrial areas that she researches will not be terrestrial in the future. Cites the need to consider #environmental changes in the history of the coast #fracturedcoasts

@samgrinsell asks about the influence of Fernand Braudel who "tried to find ways to bring together different kinds of time, including cyclical rhythms."
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@david_gange argues that we need to explore new temporalities. @brdemuth has been inspired by novelists for the way they deal with time, also indigenous cultures and storytelling, and ecologists' research on #ecosystems. #fracturedcoasts

@gerry_bigelow argues that the lunar cycle of tides have structured how people react to the sea and coastline #fracturedcoasts

@DunesHistory - comment on #sand and how it is overlooked. #coastalerosion is caused by the lack of sand #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange highlights works such as "The Salt Frontier" on exploring the effect of #colonialism and #imperialism on the coast. #postcolonial critique #fracturedcoasts

@SueJaneTaylor asks about the use of language and how we envisage the coast, such as "wild" or "remote" #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange cites "Facing the Ocean" which argues that the #Atlantic Ocean was the centre of civilisation, rather than the end of it. #fracturedcoasts

@gerry_bigelow highlights #pict burial grounds and how they had a different attitude towards permanence.
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Jonathan Hyslop asks @E_Devienne about #settlercolonialism and the 20thC beach. Cites his hometown of #Durban as a site of #racialsegregation #fracturedcoasts. Elsa Highlights egs in #LA where white residents have taken over spaces, and the way Hawaiian beach culture was adopted

Question about the lens of #energy as a way to 'read time'. @brdemuth agreed that it was particularly useful to her #tides #mood #photosynthesis. @gerry_bigelow highlights #coal as a source of energy for shipping is something to explore #fracturedcoasts

Question of how #coastalhistory can inform #policymakers. @DunesHistory argues that politicians do not have an historical perspective - the coast is a dynamic place, and we have many coasts #fracturedcoasts

Question of linear and non-linear coasts. @gerry_bigelow highlights how archipelagos present interesting challenges to a non-linear coastal view #fracturedcoasts

@KaraSchlichting asks a question on the issue of #coastalmorphology, governance and public trust when assessing attitudes to the coast. @brdemuth argues that local knowledge is important. @david_gange contrasts #Shetland and #Lewis's attitudes towards the sea #fracturedcoasts

@david_gange explores the idea of 'wet ontologies' in the study of #coastalhistory #fracturedcoasts

Question of the Occupation of the #Romans on the coast e.g. deforestation and sediment flows. @gerry_bigelow argues that the coast is affected by the sea but also changes on land. Coast as an interface #fracturedcoasts

@DunesHistory - the coast starts in the mountains. #fracturedcoasts

@FjordrInfo asks a question of 'rewilding' the coast and the coast being considered as antithetical to sustainability. @E_Devienne highlights wealthy residents use this argument to stop others using 'their' beach. Green arguments used to privatise beaches.

@gerry_bigelow highlights arguments for fisheries #rewildng. @david_gange is not opposed to rewilding, but it can often be dictatorial and imbued with value judgements on how the coast *should* be used. @gerry_bigelow #fracturedcoasts

@brdemuth argues that a coast is not #wild if you live there. Question is "wild to whom?" #fracturedcoasts

@WorthingtonD rounds up on a fascinating roundtable. Wishes that we could all carry on with the discussions. Thanks to all those who attended, and to the speakers @E_Devienne @gerry_bigelow @brdemuth @david_gange #fracturedcoasts ***END OF THREAD*** Phew!