@article{fdi:010086100, title = {"{D}raw the sea horizontal ellipsis" : children's representations of ocean connectivity in {F}iji and {N}ew {C}aledonia}, author = {{F}ache, {E}lodie and {P}iovano, {S}. and {S}oderberg, {A}. and {T}uiono, {M}. and {R}iera, {L}{\'e}a and {D}avid, {G}ilbert and {K}owasch, {M}. and {P}auwels, {S}. and {B}reckwoldt, {A}. and {C}arri{\`e}re, {S}t{\'e}phanie {M}. and {S}abinot, {C}atherine}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n the {S}outh {P}acific region, marine territories and resources play a crucial role for local communities. {C}hildren engage with these territories and resources from an early age onwards. {A}s the next ocean stewards, they are a stakeholder group whose understandings of ocean connectivity and fisheries should be given serious consideration in decision-making processes towards the sustainable use and management of coastal seas. {T}his paper analyses 290 children's drawings from {F}iji and {N}ew {C}aledonia, created in 2019 in spontaneous response to the instruction: "{D}raw the sea and what you and others do in the sea". {E}xploring the webs of connections with and within the sea revealed by these children's drawings and their own interpretations leads us to discuss children's representations of the sea: (1) beyond a land-sea compartmentation, (2) as a locus of both exploitation and conservation of marine life, and (3) as a 'place-full' space connecting human and more-than-human realms.}, keywords = {{C}hildren ; {C}onnectivity ; {F}isheries ; {L}ocal ecological knowledge ; {O}ceania ; {P}acific {O}cean ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {FIDJI} ; {PACIFIQUE} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}}, booktitle = {{O}ceania : a sea of connections}, journal = {{A}mbio}, volume = {51}, numero = {12}, pages = {2445--2458}, ISSN = {0044-7447}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.1007/s13280-022-01777-1}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086100}, }