Why does Whaling Still Continue in Iceland Today? An Investigation into Nationalism and Cultural Differences
Commercial Whaling in Iceland: -Every year, fin and minke whales are hunted in Faxafloi Bay (see fig. 1) to be sold in shops and restaurants -The meat is not eaten by locals; tourists are the biggest consumers of whale -Ironically, the whales are hunted in the same area in which whale-watching takes...
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Oxford Brookes University
2017
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| Online Access: | https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/a9f18fa9-dbe3-468f-8e3f-6e6ec3700eb9/1/ https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/a9f18fa9-dbe3-468f-8e3f-6e6ec3700eb9/1/whaling poster.pdf |
| Summary: | Commercial Whaling in Iceland: -Every year, fin and minke whales are hunted in Faxafloi Bay (see fig. 1) to be sold in shops and restaurants -The meat is not eaten by locals; tourists are the biggest consumers of whale -Ironically, the whales are hunted in the same area in which whale-watching takes place -Whales (animals) are “good to think” with (Levi-Strauss 1966) meaning that the way in which people interact with the whale tells us a lot about the people themselves |
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