Zarys koncepcji marynizacji
Outline of the Concept of Marinization

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the concept of marinization introduced by Ludwik Janiszewski. This concept was developed in sociology in the 70s, 80s and 90s of the last century. The concept depicts the influence of the sea on the life of coastal communities, on the development of specific social structure and marine culture. The concept of marinization was specified in three basic scientific dimensions. In the theoretical dimension, particularly important one, for this concept, it was to distinguish two main factors influencing the process and determine the direction of the relationship between the individual components of this process. In terms of empirical issue researchers’ efforts were focused on measuring the impact of the marine environment in various aspects of social life. In the methodological dimension the problem of constructing a list of indicators that adequately reflect this complex phenomenon proved to be particularly important. The article discusses the aforementioned dimensions of the concept of marinization. The text also includes a question about the validity of assumptions about the growing influence of the sea on social life. The apparent reduction of this impact (eg. a significant reduction in deep-sea fishing or Baltic fishing) suggests the question of the timeliness of this concept.

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