Stefan Raß 
An Ocean of Value. How the Demands of the Union are Imprinted on the European Sea [PDF ebook] 

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Sociology – Miscellaneous, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: Documents have the power to modify and transform the real world. This essay utilizes a material-semiotic approach in order to explore a communique from the European Commission on the Blue Growth initiative, that proposes new ways for policy maker to expand economic prosperity in the European ocean. The document demonstrates how the demands of the European Union are imprinted on the sea, making the ocean part of the ‘blue’ economy, the labor market, and the politics of a European identity. Through this process a whole ecosystem is made subject to an economic and political institution.