Maritime spaces and society Maritime spaces are socially constructed by humans and refer to seas and islands coasts port cities and villages as well as ships and other human made marine structures. Social interaction with marine environments and living beings e.g. in a symbolic cultural or economic manner has led to the emergence of spatial structures which affect the knowledge beliefs meanings and obstinately patterns. Those structures shape mutual expectations of human beings and form the perception imagination or memory of inhabitants of maritime spaces. They enable or restrict human action construct peoples everyday life their norms and values and are changeable. Contributors include: Jan Asmussen Robert Bartłomiejski Benjamin Bowles Isabel Duarte Eduardo Sarmento Ferreira Rita Grácio Marie C. Grasmeier Karolina Izdebska Seung Kuk Kim Agnieszka Kołodziej Durnaś Arkadiusz Kołodziej Maciej Kowalewski Urszula Kozłowska Ulrike Kronfeld Goharani Rute Muchacho Giacomo Orsini Włodzimierz Karol Pessel Célia Quico Harini Sivalingam Joana Sousa Frank Sowa Nuno Cintra Torres and Günter Warsewa