In the era of climate change and rising sea levels, conflicts between humans and oceans intensify, often with failed mitigation attempts. Land-based and human-centric disciplines like Architecture and Urbanism, along with their dominant tool, cartography, struggle to grasp the complexity of oceanic space and its ecosystems. In response, 'oceanic thinking' has emerged, aiming to transcend the human-centric perspective. The hypothesis is that cartography is pivotal in the transformative shift. Through counter-mapping (a process of creating maps to challenge dominant views) and collaboration with Sound-Office, the project aims to unveil the political role of maps and create alternative cartography with sound, advocating for 'oceanic thinking' via a case study in the Port of Rotterdam. 

(The project is supported by Creative Industries Fund NL and in collaboration with SOUND-OFFICE)