All at sea: rethinking fishers' identities in Australia

Title: All at sea: rethinking fishers' identities in Australia
Creator: Waitt, Gordon; Hartig, Kate
Relation: Gender Place and Culture Vol. 12, Issue 4, p. 403-418
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09663690500356719
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2005
Description: In fisheries a new ecological order is being created based upon conservation sciences. Bio-economic models of conservation sciences are being pursued globally in response to the crises generated by over-fishing. Drawing upon Haraway's concept of 'cyborg politics' we provide a material analysis of the gendered identities belonging to both the 'old' and 'new' orders. In this case study, empirical evidence is derived from observation and qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with trawlers, deckhands and managers of the Australian South East Trawl Fishery. We show how conservation sciences, framed within the New Right's economic policies, have prioritised performances of masculinity centred on managerialism over those of manual labour.
Subject: conservation; fisheries; ecology; over-fishing
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/34750
Identifier: uon:3680
Identifier: ISSN:0966-369X
Language: eng
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