Living between the sea and the land: maritime geographies from the perspective of haptic knowledge
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This article analyses the structure of haptic skills among a group of fishers, and the ethnographer as a central element in the comprehension of a sensory geography during field research in an industrial fishing dock in the port of Mazatlán, located in northwestern Mexico. It is an attempt to add to the studies of the senses and the emotions from an analysis regarding the role that haptic knowledge has, and its intertwining between the human and non-human in the production of a particular maritime geography. There is a reflection on the generation of information in the process of research; this is interconnected to certain artefacts, such as the camera, which contribute to the creation of emotional central links in order to penetrate a community. The text evokes a vision on the part of the reader, so that it is possible to feel, through the photographs and the description of the author, both the challenges of entering the research field and the sensory experiences of the fishers, with the forms of materiality which make the dock an important space for understanding the haptic knowledge of a particular maritime culture.
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