COURSE DETAIL
This course touches on themes in political ecology, environmental anthropology, the anthropology of food, and the anthropology of development through a detailed exploration of the world’s fisheries; from the fisherfolk that harvest them to the people around the globe that consume them. It critically examines the global fish "crisis" and prospects for global food security and supply; conservation v’s development discourse in resource management; scientific & traditional management of natural resources; certification/eco-labelling and the "green" consumer; commodity chains; ecology of small scale fishers groups; and poverty, development, and livelihoods. Each student on the course becomes a member of CARP-London (Cities Aquatic Resource Project – London) an initiative which both trains undergraduates in research and builds our understanding of the production, supply, and consumption of aquatic resources in our urban centers.