Knowing by fishing: Conceptualising ecological knowledge as working knowledge

Garavito-Bermúdez, Diana,1978-Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik (författare)

Knowing by fishing : Conceptualising ecological knowledge as working knowledge

That the ecological knowledge of local users has great value for sustainable resource use and human development is widely accepted. Underneath this broad consensus about its importance nevertheless lies uncertainty and debate about the ways in which it can be best conceptualized. Is this knowledge best understood as a ‘system of knowledge’ or as ’ways of knowing’? And how can it be conceptually and methodologically operationalized as grounded in processes of work? In this study, we explore how fishers’ work in ecosystems influences what they know. We combine a Fishing Style Analysis with the Structure-Dynamic-Function Framework for a systematic study of the ecological knowledge used in Baltic coastal fisheries in Blekinge, Sweden. The results are used to discuss the theoretical and methodological implications of perceiving fishers’ ecological knowledge as generated, accumulated, transferred and adjusted through processes of work.

Boonstra, Wiebren J.Stockholms universitet,Stockholm Resilience Centre(Swepub:su)wboon (författare)
Stockholms universitetInstitutionen för pedagogik och didaktik (creator_code:org_t)

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