| 英文摘要 |
In recent years, discourse in environmental humanities has often focused on keywords such as“multispecies,”“entanglement,”or“diffraction,”emphasizing the importance of coexisting with other organisms and“becoming with”them. However, critical voices have emerged to question the strength of entanglement as an ethical stance, as the appeal of multispecies co-existence often devolves into empty slogans. In response to these critiques, this paper aims to use marine species as a case in point to reconsider concepts like entanglement and diffraction. It seeks to explore the contributions and limitations of these concepts in discussing the relationship between humans and marine life. The paper will first explain the core concepts of diffraction as proposed by Donna Haraway and Karen Barad, examining whether some theorists, when appropriating these concepts to explore the human-marine life relationships, should be faulted for merely identifying the phenomenon of entanglement without deeper engagement. Furthermore, as aquariums are primary sites where humans encounter marine life, the latter part of this paper will discuss and analyze the limitations of current aquariums in raising marine conservation awareness. Finally, drawing on perspectives such as“trans-corporeality”and“suspension”proposed by Stacy Alaimo, this paper will explore how a different understanding of entanglement may bring about opportunities for change. |