@article{fdi:010090264,
  title = {{W}omen's active engagement with the sea through fishing in {F}iji},
  author = {{F}ache, {E}lodie and {B}reckwoldt, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}iji's i{T}aukei ({I}ndigenous) women contribute significantly to small-scale coastal fisheries, and are therefore integral to successful fisheries (co-)management, yet their role still remains underestimated. {T}his paper explores an original pathway to highlight i{T}aukei women's role in {F}iji's small-scale coastal fisheries; a pathway that, through a 'dwelling perspective', emphasises the socialities that are inseparable from this role. {I}t is based on data collected during two distinct fieldwork periods, 2003-2004 and 2016-2018, in a village located on {G}au, {F}iji's fifth biggest island, in {L}omaiviti {P}rovince. {A}n overview of the fishing practices of the i{T}aukei women living in this village shows that fishing can be seen as both a gender-differentiated and a more-than-human, dynamic field of sociality. {F}urthermore, we argue that fishing is these women's main mode of active engagement with their marine environment, conceived as inseparable from land, and all its sentient constituents. {T}his mode of engagement reflects the relational ontology inherent in the i{T}aukei all-encompassing concept of vanua, which includes a sense of environmental responsibility and stewardship. {T}his mode of engagement and its 'procurement' dimension are adjusted over time through 'friction' with conservation regulations and ideas that are both internal and external to the fishing community. {T}hese conservation regulations and ideas are related to community-based marine resource initiatives, as well as to national fisheries management concerns and measures (including species-specific fishing bans). {T}hey give a supplemental dimension to women's interactions and engagement with the sea and its sentient constituents, far from reducing those to a mere divide between 'nature' and society/sociality.},
  keywords = {{F}iji ; fishing ; {O}ceania ; small-scale fisheries ; women ; {FIDJI} ; {OCEANIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nthropological {F}orum},
  volume = {34},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {186--208},
  ISSN = {0066-4677},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1080/00664677.2023.2258452},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090264},
}