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The Sea as a Border

Lecture by Philip Hoare

In this second lecture of the series "Inhabiting the world", Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan, or the Whale, discusses the ocean's mystery and how the sea acts as a border for migrants.

Philip Hoare

The Sea as a Border

In this lecture, the writer Philip Hoare departs from the notion of the sea as a border, and reflects on the hope it offers migrants, the terror it brings and how the whale is freighted with all the meanings underlying our separation from natural world.

Anna Punsoda