Abstract This article explores themes of literary ecologies and oceanic studies as a framework for a selection of articles. The article begins by outlining older approaches to oceanic studies which treat the ocean as surface and backdrop to human activity at sea. Rising sea levels and climate change, however, demand new approaches that can engage the materiality of the ocean, its surface and depth. This shift from surface to depth has prompted a set of new immersive methods that seek to go below the waterline. Drawing on these methods, the article proposes the rubric of hydrocolonialism which is defined and discussed. The article provides a discussion of the articles that foregrounds the oceanic, ecological and hydrocolonial themes in each.

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印度洋文学生态学

摘要 本文探讨了文学生态学和海洋研究的主题，作为选择文章的框架。本文首先概述了海洋研究的旧方法，这些方法将海洋视为人类海上活动的表面和背景。然而，海平面上升和气候变化需要新的方法来处理海洋的物质性、表面和深度。这种从表面到深度的转变催生了一系列寻求水线以下的新沉浸式方法。借鉴这些方法，文章提出了定义和讨论的水殖民主义的标题。这篇文章提供了对突出海洋、生态和水殖民主题的文章的讨论。