[Bilimsel Haber] New book: Fishers and scientists

[Onur Inal]

From: "[iso-8859-1] Ståle Knudsen" <Stale.Knudsen at sosantr.uib.no>

Dear list members,

I circulate this message to announce the publication of my book "Fishers and
Scientists in Modern Turkey. The Management of Natural Resources, Knowledge
and Identity on the Eastern Black Sea Coast".

Description of content:
Through the ethnography and history of fish production, seafood consumption,
state modernizing policies and marine science, this book analyzes the role
of local knowledge in the management of marine resources on the Eastern
Black Sea coast of Turkey. Fishing, science and other ways of knowing and
relating to fish and the sea are analyzed as particular ways of life
conditioned by history, ideology and daily practice. The approach adopted
here allows for a broader analysis of the role knowledge plays in the
management of common pool resources (CPR) than is provided in much of the
contemporary CPR debate that tends to have a somewhat narrow focus on
institutions and rules. By contrast, the author argues that also local
knowledge and the larger historical and ideological context of production,
as manifest in state modernization policies and consumption patterns, should
be taken into account when trying to explain the current management regime
in Turkish Black Sea fisheries.

See also http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=KnudsenFishers

Best wishes,
Ståle Knudsen
Associate Professor
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Bergen