RESTORATION OF THE SEAPORT CITIES NETWORK FOR THE NEW MARITIME ERA

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RESTORATION OF THE SEAPORT CITIES NETWORK FOR THE NEW MARITIME ERA

Journal Title: Asia-Pacific Journal of Marine Science&Education - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

Before making of the nation state, it is apparent that there were seaport cities and networks between them which had more autonomy than in modern times. As a result of the crises of modernity, the advent of so called ‘New Maritime Era’ is asked for ‘the seaport city’ and ‘the network between seaport cities’ as the key unit for analysis rather than the nation state. Regarding to this paradigm shift, we are now having one of the important task to bring to light how to construct a gentle public sphere, going beyond the divisive national consciousness and border. The network between seaport cities implies harmonious coexistence between human and human, society and society, man and nature as well as between seaport city and city. Being different from Europe, in Asia there still exist strongly the divisive nationalism and the national border. In order to revive or create network between seaport cities in Asia, I think the concept of the governance and subsidiarity principle are very useful, which meet the new maritime era. Recently the mutual efforts both Korea and Japan to make cross border region between Busan and Fukuoka, which cooperates several fields including economy, education etc. is the model case. With the background of the crises of modernity, the return of ocean means that the ontology is substituted for the theory of relation. The discourse on the ocean or sea in the classics such as Lao-tzu and Zizhi Tongjian tell us the new ideals of ‘seatizen’ and ‘seavilization’ as well as a vision for cooperation and coexistence.

Authors and Affiliations

Moon-Soo Jeong

Keywords

seaport city network of seaport cities sea area new maritime era coexistence cultural interaction governance subsidiarity

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