essay

A Sea of images: fishers, whalers, and environmentalists

images of contemporary iceland : everyday lives and global contexts • Iowa City • Published In 1996 • Pages: 46-59

By: Níels Einarsson.

Abstract
This study presents a discussion of environmental perceptions among small-scale fishers and whalers in Iceland and what shapes their thinking about the marine resources they utilize for their living. The author describes the everyday encounters fishers have with animals and how they explain to themselves and others what they think is their self-evident traditional rights to use what they see as resources, arguing that the self-evidence is shaped by subsistence realities. The article also discusses how the actions of Western environmentalists have evoked and informed a discussion of ethical assumptions about the rights of animals and people in conflicts over conservation, a discussion which has strengthened fishers' claims to resource use in accordance with their world view (p. 47).
Subjects
Cultural goals
Marine hunting
Fishing
Ethnozoology
culture
Icelanders
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Scandinavia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Iceland
Notes
Níels Einarsson
For bibliographical references see document 20:[Gísli Pálsson and E. Paul Durrenberger]
LCCN
9535078
LCSH
Icelanders