[Coral-List] Submit Abstract to Symposium on Ethnography in Fisheries

Shannon Switzer Swanson shannonswitzerswanson at gmail.com
Fri Jun 12 21:44:32 UTC 2020


Dear Coral-List Community,

We are seeking submissions for a symposium that may be of interest to folks
on this list  for the now virtual American Fisheries Conference
<https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/>, being held Sept 14th-15th.
Myself (PhD candidate at Stanford University), Rachel Skubel (PhD Candidate
at Univ of Miami), and Jess Vandenberg (Post-Doc Univ of Washington) are
hosting a symposium on research that uses ethnographic methods in a
fisheries context (description below). We would love to highlight your work
in this space!

*Here is the link to submit, and the extended deadline is June 30th.*
https://afs.confex.com/afs/2020/webprogrampreliminary/Session9462.html

*Knowing Fishing Through Ethnography*
For decades, fisheries scientists from numerous disciplines have studied
fishing communities across different regions, cultures, and scales. To gain
an in-depth understanding of these settings, researchers have sometimes
turned to the practice of ethnography, a research process developed in the
field of Anthropology to describe and analyze cultural systems.
Ethnographic fieldwork can help researchers take a deeper dive into local
contexts by employing methods such as participant observation and key
informant interviews. This symposium provides a space for interdisciplinary
social scientists and fisheries managers to share current research/projects
that employ ethnographic methods to better understand topics facing fishing
communities and industries today. Topics presented could include (but are
not limited to) ethnographic research that examines: adaptation to
environmental and socio-cultural change, community experience working with
conservation programs, the influence of changing laws and management
regimes, changes in cultural meaning of fish, local ecological knowledge
and how it may contribute to scientific understandings, or how fluctuating
markets impact fish suppliers. The goal of the symposium is two-fold: 1) to
acknowledge and shine a light on ethnographic work in a fisheries context,
and 2) to connect researchers and practitioners employing such methods and
exchange current topical and methodological knowledge.

Please be in touch for further information or clarification!

Sincerely,

Shannon Switzer Swanson
E-IPER PhD Student
School of Earth, Energy & Environment
Stanford University
National Geographic Explorer


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