Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international

High seas are subject to mythical representations of sailors. Fictions carry off this image of crews facing the elements onboard their ship. The seas are then considered as a source of values. Movies and documentaries focus more on the social aspect since 2000, showing sailors as victims of globaliz...

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Main Author: Guy Baron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association AGF 2013-12-01
Series:Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/bagf/2043
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description High seas are subject to mythical representations of sailors. Fictions carry off this image of crews facing the elements onboard their ship. The seas are then considered as a source of values. Movies and documentaries focus more on the social aspect since 2000, showing sailors as victims of globalization; scriptwriters also start to focus on contemporary piracy. The reality is complex. High seas are crisscrossed by commercial ships where a workforce from emerging countries’ has replaced Western and Japanese crews. High seas are the outpost of globalization: recurrent deregulation (open registries), as the international conventions tend to better manage work and living conditions on board. Solidarity is getting stronger in open seas and on shore. Being a sailor on high seas is at the same time living in a ship, on his own workplace, living mobility and the hazards of globalization on the frontier of the deregulation of work and a new regulation driven by international organizations, trade unions and religious solidarity.
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Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international
Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
International crew
High sea
Seafarers
Mobility
Globalization
Regulation
title Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international
title_full Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international
title_fullStr Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international
title_full_unstemmed Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international
title_short Habiter la haute mer : les marins au commerce international
title_sort habiter la haute mer les marins au commerce international
topic International crew
High sea
Seafarers
Mobility
Globalization
Regulation
url http://journals.openedition.org/bagf/2043
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