Dai margini alla profondità: la rappresentazione del rapporto fra potere e spazialità oceanica

Francesco Brunetti

Abstract


Il saggio analizza la trasformazione dello spazio oceanico da margine indeterminato a infrastruttura strategica del potere, esplorando il ruolo della cartografia e della tecnologia nella sua produzione simbolica e politica. Attraverso il concetto schmittiano di Raumrevolution, si evidenzia il passaggio dalla Landnahme alla Seehnahme, fino alla talassocrazia digitale contemporanea. La cartografia, da strumento descrittivo, si configura come dispositivo di ordinamento spaziale, ridefinendo la dialettica terra-mare nell’era dell’informazione. La profondità oceanica emerge oggi come un nodo infrastrutturale strategico, dove reti digitali e dispositivi di controllo ridefiniscono le logiche di potere. Infine, il saggio affronta le implicazioni della crisi ecologica e della giustizia spaziale, evidenziando la necessità di un ripensamento critico della spazialità oceanica alla luce delle nuove tecnologie e dei processi di appropriazione globale.

 

This essay examines the transformation of oceanic space from an indeterminate
margin to a strategic infrastructure of power, exploring the role of cartography and
technology in its symbolic and political production. Carl Schmitt’s concept of
Raumrevolution highlights the shift from Landnahme to Seehnahme, culminating
in contemporary digital thalassocracy. Cartography, rather than a mere descriptive
tool, functions as a spatial ordering device, redefining the land-sea dialectic in the
information era. Oceanic depth emerges as a strategic infrastructural node, where
digital networks and control mechanisms reshape power dynamics. Finally, the
essay addresses the implications of ecological crisis and spatial justice, emphasizing
the need to critically reconsider oceanic spatiality considering new technologies and
global appropriation processes.


Parole chiave


Spazialità oceanica; talassocrazia digitale; cartografia critica; Raumrevolution; giustizia spaziale; Oceanic spatiality; digital thalassocracy; critical cartography; Raumrevolution; spatial justice power

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