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ABSTRACT: This essay argues that to understand coral communication, we need a new interpretive method that incorporates a creative insight into living oceans and aquatic species or a new conceptual viewpoint that considers their capacity for creative expressions, marking the coming-to-voice of their significance. Since this method combines scientific research and creative engagement with oceanic ontologies in a context where nonhuman languages, creative expressions, and stories compellingly shape the life worlds of all aquatic beings, I name it “the scientific poetics of water.” It allows us to read corals and all aquatic agencies as part of the collective semiotic creativity of life, as storied beings.
Serpil Oppermann (2024) studied this question.