Making degrowth locally meaningful: the case of the Faroese grindadráp
Abstract While the doxa of growth continues to dominate mainstream understandings of what constitutes a healthy economy, the concept and agenda of degrowth beg for theorization about how culture and power render some economic strategies more viable and meaningful than others. In this article we disc...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:30bb22318c124f2ead6f553adc1b8a84 2023-05-15T16:10:50+02:00 Making degrowth locally meaningful: the case of the Faroese grindadráp Ragnheiður Bogadóttir Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.2458/v24i1.20888 https://doaj.org/article/30bb22318c124f2ead6f553adc1b8a84 EN ES FR eng spa fre University of Arizona Libraries https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/20888 https://doaj.org/toc/1073-0451 1073-0451 doi:10.2458/v24i1.20888 https://doaj.org/article/30bb22318c124f2ead6f553adc1b8a84 Journal of Political Ecology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 504-518 (2017) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Political science J article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.2458/v24i1.20888 2022-12-31T02:05:35Z Abstract While the doxa of growth continues to dominate mainstream understandings of what constitutes a healthy economy, the concept and agenda of degrowth beg for theorization about how culture and power render some economic strategies more viable and meaningful than others. In this article we discuss the highly contested practice of Faroese pilot whaling, grindadráp. Through autoethnographic methods we identify and analyze forces challenging this deep-rooted practice, both within and outside Faroese society. Faroese resistance to abandon the practice, expressed in local pro-whaling narratives suggest that, in the struggle to legitimize the grindadráp as a sustainable and eco-friendly practice, Faroese people are simultaneously deconstructing central tenets of the global food system, and comparing grindadráp favorably with the injustices and cruelties of industrial food procurement. In this sense, we argue that the grindadráp not only constitutes a locally meaningful alternative to growth-dominated economic practices, but may also, in this capacity, inspire Faroese people to reduce engagement with economic activities that negatively impact the environment and perpetuate social and environmental injustices in the world. Keywords: Degrowth, whaling, Faroe Islands, relational ethic, noncapitalism. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Faroe Islands Journal of Political Ecology 24 1 |
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Abstract While the doxa of growth continues to dominate mainstream understandings of what constitutes a healthy economy, the concept and agenda of degrowth beg for theorization about how culture and power render some economic strategies more viable and meaningful than others. In this article we discuss the highly contested practice of Faroese pilot whaling, grindadráp. Through autoethnographic methods we identify and analyze forces challenging this deep-rooted practice, both within and outside Faroese society. Faroese resistance to abandon the practice, expressed in local pro-whaling narratives suggest that, in the struggle to legitimize the grindadráp as a sustainable and eco-friendly practice, Faroese people are simultaneously deconstructing central tenets of the global food system, and comparing grindadráp favorably with the injustices and cruelties of industrial food procurement. In this sense, we argue that the grindadráp not only constitutes a locally meaningful alternative to growth-dominated economic practices, but may also, in this capacity, inspire Faroese people to reduce engagement with economic activities that negatively impact the environment and perpetuate social and environmental injustices in the world. Keywords: Degrowth, whaling, Faroe Islands, relational ethic, noncapitalism. |
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Making degrowth locally meaningful: the case of the Faroese grindadráp |
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