Embedding food in place and rural development: Insights from the Bluefin Tuna Cultural Festival in Donggang, Taiwan

Lin, Yi-Chieh Jessica; Bestor, Theodore C.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.08.030

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“…Since the 1970s, the volume of tuna harvested by Donggang's offshore longliners surpassed Kaohsiung (Chen, 2014). Donggang is also known for the "Bluefin Tuna Cultural Festival," which runs from May to June every year since 2001 (Lin and Bestor, 2020).…”

Section: Taiwan's Fishing Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging port infrastructure and advocacy networks for migrant fishers in Taiwan

Parhusip

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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As the nation with the most significant number of foreign fishers employed in its domestic and distant water fishing industries, Taiwan often comes under scrutiny due to numerous reports of poor working conditions, maltreatment and human rights abuses onboard fishing vessels. During employment, migrant fishers face the constant threat of food shortages on the high seas, lack of drinking water, unpaid salaries, long working hours and other human and labor rights abuses. The fishers’ journey often ends with unilateral contract termination and forced deportation. This paper argues that the opportunity for the migrant fishers to improve their working conditions depends on the social networks and connection to people or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that could offer know-how and resources to advocate for their rights. Focusing on the networking between Stella Maris International Seafarers’ Center in Kaohsiung (also known as Stella Maris Kaohsiung or SMK) and migrant-led organizations in Taiwan, this research note proposes the notion of “port infrastructure” to refer to networked support organization, promotes the rights of fishers, and the improvement of their living and working conditions.

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Section: Taiwan's Fishing Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging port infrastructure and advocacy networks for migrant fishers in Taiwan

Parhusip

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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“…As an example, the development of the oyster industry in the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia has been found to strengthen community identity by providing visibility to 'outsiders' and acknowledging community worth (Pierce and Robinson, 2013). The seafood sector has been found to contribute to community spirit and pride (Pierce and Robinson, 2013;Reed et al, 2013), and to connection to place (Jacobsen and Delaney, 2014;Ignatius et al, 2019;Lin and Bestor, 2020). Other aspects of cultural capital which contribute to social sustainability include food provision (Crona et al, 2015;Hornborg et al, 2019;Pereira et al, 2021), amenity value (Lin and Bestor, 2020;Alexander, 2022), local and traditional knowledge (Franco-Meléndez et al, 2021) and spiritualism (Ignatius et al, 2019;Wallner-Hahn et al, 2022).…”

Section: Social Psychological and Cultural Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social sustainability in seafood systems: a rapid review

Alexander,

Kelling

2023

Camb. prisms Coast. futures

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Sustainability and sustainable development are the buzzwords of our era. Nowhere is this clearer than in primary production/extraction industries, such as aquaculture and fisheries. Yet in the seafood sector (as with many others), the term continues to be used most commonly in relation to the environmental dimension; much less is known about social and economic sustainability. In this review, we explore what is known about social sustainability in the seafood sector. We identify seven key thematic areas: livelihoods and human development; human rights; social, psychological, and cultural needs; equitable access to resource and benefit sharing; a voice in public issues; flow-on benefits for local and regional economies and improved infrastructure and access. We reveal that while there has been a clear focus on developing social sustainability indicators, this has largely missed more relational and subjective aspects of social sustainability. We also show that some thematic areas of social sustainability also remain underdeveloped. Overall, we argue that it is imperative that we address the knowledge gaps and incorporate what we already know about social sustainability into existing industry and governance processes. If we do not, not only risk not achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but we also risk moving closer towards environmental and societal collapse.

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“…The triggering of these reactions requires certain preconditions, such as changes in the social context including the development of urban middle classes; emergence of gastronomic and cultural elites; as well as improvements in the political and economic situation, for instance, in post-conflict and post-crisis times [13,41,62].…”

Section: Heritage Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the last few years, there has been a flourishing discourse on the relationship between food heritage and sustainability. The current discussion explores how the elevation of food to the status of heritage can enhance the sustainability of the food system while safeguarding traditional food resources through the active participation of local communi-ties [8][9][10][11][12][13]. More recently, there has been increasing attention to the relationship between food heritage and socio-cultural sustainability [14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Recognising, Safeguarding, and Promoting Food Heritage: Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Sustainable Food Systems

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The safeguarding and promotion of food heritage are often considered as a possible way for achieving social and cultural sustainability objectives. This literature review investigates some of the dynamics underlying the heritagisation of food and explores the risks of this process. It focuses mainly on anthropological, geographical, and sociological publications. Overall, it aims to shed light on the strengths and limitations of food heritagisation regarding the improvement of the socio-cultural sustainability of the food system. The analysis highlights cross-cutting risks, namely the omission of tangible and intangible elements of the local food system, and the exclusion of key stakeholders from the recognition and institutionalisation of food heritage. The review highlights the strict interdependence between intangible and tangible elements during food heritagisation, and assesses how local and global interactions can activate and shape this process. It sheds light on the need to pay more attention to the factors, actors, and relationships underpinning the emergence and recognition of food and food-related elements as part of the local heritage.

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Embedding food in place and rural development: Insights from the Bluefin Tuna Cultural Festival in Donggang, Taiwan

Cited by 16 publications

References 15 publications

Emerging port infrastructure and advocacy networks for migrant fishers in Taiwan

Emerging port infrastructure and advocacy networks for migrant fishers in Taiwan

Social sustainability in seafood systems: a rapid review

Recognising, Safeguarding, and Promoting Food Heritage: Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Sustainable Food Systems

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