Siphonophorae Society
Abstract
Framed as a speculative essay, the text introduces the ‘Siphonophorae Society’ as a metaphor for the interdependence of human communities and water across porous land–water boundaries. Inspired by the biology of siphonophore colonies, it proposes ‘hundred-eye seeing’ as a multiperspectival epistemology that integrates human, more-than-human, and amphibious futures. It reframes ocean citizenship as water citizenship, articulating a relational mode of belonging grounded in hydrosocial interdependence. Through the Venice Lagoon, it contrasts technocratic planning with amphibious living and imagines adaptive collective futures in the Hydrocene.
Submitted: March 12, 2026 | Accepted: June 4, 2026 | Published Aug. 6, 2026 | Language: en
Keywords Amphibious living • Siphonophorae Society • Civic design • More-than-humandesign • Water bodies
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