Senegalese artisanal fishers in the apprehension of changes of the marine environment: A universal knowledge?
| Autor: | Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem, Patrice Brehmer, Adama Mbaye, Jörn Schmidt |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Patrimoines locaux, Environnement et Globalisation (PALOC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
SENEGAL Sociology of scientific knowledge 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Emerging technologies Local knowledge media_common.quotation_subject Fishing Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences West africa Scarcity Panacea (medicine) AZ20-999 0502 economics and business medicine 14. Life underwater Traditional knowledge Empirical evidence Risk management Marine environment media_common 0105 earth and related environmental sciences H1-99 Emergency management Apprehension business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Environmental resource management 05 social sciences [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology Public relations Focus group Social sciences (General) FLEUVE SENEGAL VALLEE Geography [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology [SDV.SA.STP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Sciences and technics of fishery History of scholarship and learning. The humanities Mode of apprehension medicine.symptom business 050203 business & management Small scale fisheries |
| Zdroj: | Social Sciences & Humanities Open (25902911) (Elsevier BV), 2021, Vol. 4, N. 1, P. 100231 (8p.) Social Sciences and Humanities Open, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 100231-(2021) Social Science and Humanities Open Social Science and Humanities Open, 2021, 4 (1), 100231 [8 p.]. ⟨10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100231⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2590-2911 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100231⟩ |
| Popis: | In the field of risk management and prevention, particularly in developing countries, traditional knowledge is often regarded as a science of the past by young people or, on the contrary, as a panacea by outsiders. In the context of global change in the marine environment and the growing need for information to increase disaster prevention capabilities, the knowledge of fishermen in West Africa was examined. Semi-structured interviews and focus group meetings with fishermen aged 50 years or older were used to explore ways of understanding and predicting changes in the marine environment. This qualitative method gives us the opportunity to discover the universal knowledge that fishers have accumulated in their way of predicting the weather. Senegalese fishermen observe and interpret the variability and changes in environmental parameters, such as the state of the sea and the nature of the seabed, the strength and direction of winds, the movement of stars, the behaviour of animals, and the colour and shape of elements in their environment in order to interpret the observations. The understanding, interpretation and, subsequently, the meaning they develop from their observations are based on empirical knowledge that can be tested and confirmed scientifically. In this sense, fishermen's knowledge can be considered universal knowledge and cannot be opposed to scientific knowledge. And, when properly transcribed, it is useful for conventional marine research and disaster management, especially in poorly studied areas, if it is considered universal knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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