Commercial extinction: The exhaustion of exhaustion
The contribution discusses the deeply complex emergence of commercial extinction as a concept. On a basic level, it designates that a species’ population is so depleted that it is no longer profitable to harvest. Extinct for the purposes of commerce. Yet this definition does not appreciate the techn...
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ftgoldsmithuniv:oai:eprints.gold.ac.uk:27719 2024-06-09T07:48:39+00:00 Commercial extinction: The exhaustion of exhaustion Samson, Audrey Gallardo, Francisco Fernandez Pascual, Daniel Schwabe, Alon 2018-04 text https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27719/ https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27719/1/Empire_Remains_Shop_FRAUD.pdf https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-empire-remains-shop/9781941332375 eng eng Columbia University Press https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27719/1/Empire_Remains_Shop_FRAUD.pdf Samson, Audrey <https://research.gold.ac.uk/view/goldsmiths/Samson=3AAudrey=3A=3A.html> and Gallardo, Francisco. 2018. Commercial extinction: The exhaustion of exhaustion. In: Daniel Fernandez Pascual and Alon Schwabe, eds. The Empire Remains Shop. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 109-119. ISBN 9781941332375 [Book Section] Published Version Book Section NonPeerReviewed restricted 2018 ftgoldsmithuniv 2024-05-15T09:06:36Z The contribution discusses the deeply complex emergence of commercial extinction as a concept. On a basic level, it designates that a species’ population is so depleted that it is no longer profitable to harvest. Extinct for the purposes of commerce. Yet this definition does not appreciate the technosocial assemblages that constitute this condition. The British colonial project, for example, was fueled by resource scarcity in land and seascapes. The understanding of the depth of landscape facilitated prospection, and consequently resource extraction, throughout the “Empire of Free Trade.” The sea that had been depicted as boundless also learned its depth. The forces of scarcity pushed fishermen across the Atlantic and through the Northwest Passage. Meanwhile, through capital’s blindness to entities that are not financially quantifiable, commercial extinction appears to have afforded the survival of certain species, such as the brown shrimp. This chapter traces a genealogy of this commercial extinction. Book Part Northwest passage Goldsmiths University of London: Goldsmiths Research Online Northwest Passage |
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The contribution discusses the deeply complex emergence of commercial extinction as a concept. On a basic level, it designates that a species’ population is so depleted that it is no longer profitable to harvest. Extinct for the purposes of commerce. Yet this definition does not appreciate the technosocial assemblages that constitute this condition. The British colonial project, for example, was fueled by resource scarcity in land and seascapes. The understanding of the depth of landscape facilitated prospection, and consequently resource extraction, throughout the “Empire of Free Trade.” The sea that had been depicted as boundless also learned its depth. The forces of scarcity pushed fishermen across the Atlantic and through the Northwest Passage. Meanwhile, through capital’s blindness to entities that are not financially quantifiable, commercial extinction appears to have afforded the survival of certain species, such as the brown shrimp. This chapter traces a genealogy of this commercial extinction. |
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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27719/1/Empire_Remains_Shop_FRAUD.pdf Samson, Audrey <https://research.gold.ac.uk/view/goldsmiths/Samson=3AAudrey=3A=3A.html> and Gallardo, Francisco. 2018. Commercial extinction: The exhaustion of exhaustion. In: Daniel Fernandez Pascual and Alon Schwabe, eds. The Empire Remains Shop. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 109-119. ISBN 9781941332375 [Book Section] |
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