Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands
This paper draws from short ethnographic fieldwork and collected oral histories in the Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway in 2019. In this paper I follow “skrei”, the Norwegian codfish (Gadus morhua). I explore what I call the “nomadic symbiosis” of islanders and skrei via their diachronic entanglem...
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ftledonline:oai:ojs.www.ledonline.it:article/2468 2023-05-15T16:19:09+02:00 Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands Papacharalampous, Nafsika 2021-06-07 application/pdf https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/2468 https://doi.org/10.7358/rela-2020-0102-papa eng eng LED Edizioni Universitarie https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/2468/1420 https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/2468 doi:10.7358/rela-2020-0102-papa Copyright (©) 2021 Nafsika Papacharalampous https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism; Vol 8, No 1-2 (2020): Finding Agency in Nonhumans; 97-114 2280-9643 2283-3196 Philosophy Literature Arts Law Religious Studies Biology Ecology Ethology Medicine Economics Politics Anthropology Sociology Psychology fish fishing human-animal relations identity multi-species ethnography nationalism nomadic symbiosis non-human agency Norway oral histories info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftledonline https://doi.org/10.7358/rela-2020-0102-papa 2023-01-24T23:17:06Z This paper draws from short ethnographic fieldwork and collected oral histories in the Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway in 2019. In this paper I follow “skrei”, the Norwegian codfish (Gadus morhua). I explore what I call the “nomadic symbiosis” of islanders and skrei via their diachronic entanglements, as these appear in historical and present narratives, in changing ideas around economic development and progress, but also in the changes in the physical and political landscapes. These moments of connection, all challenge human-centric views arguing for skrei’s agency in cuisine-making, but also vis-à-vis identity-making, as skrei became recognized conjuring a newfound sense of belonging and becoming part of an imagined community within the Lofoten islands and beyond. I argue that these meaningful interactions create worlds that decenter human agency and revisit the notion of cuisine and nation-building processes as truly multispecies entanglements. Article in Journal/Newspaper Gadus morhua Lofoten Northern Norway Skrei Led on Line (E-Journals) Lofoten Norway Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism 8 1-2 |
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This paper draws from short ethnographic fieldwork and collected oral histories in the Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway in 2019. In this paper I follow “skrei”, the Norwegian codfish (Gadus morhua). I explore what I call the “nomadic symbiosis” of islanders and skrei via their diachronic entanglements, as these appear in historical and present narratives, in changing ideas around economic development and progress, but also in the changes in the physical and political landscapes. These moments of connection, all challenge human-centric views arguing for skrei’s agency in cuisine-making, but also vis-à-vis identity-making, as skrei became recognized conjuring a newfound sense of belonging and becoming part of an imagined community within the Lofoten islands and beyond. I argue that these meaningful interactions create worlds that decenter human agency and revisit the notion of cuisine and nation-building processes as truly multispecies entanglements. |
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Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands |
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Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands |
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Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands |
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Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands |
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Is Skrei a Historical Norwegian Figure? The Nomadic Symbiosis of Fish and Humans in the Lofoten Islands |
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is skrei a historical norwegian figure? the nomadic symbiosis of fish and humans in the lofoten islands |
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LED Edizioni Universitarie |
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