Mapping the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia for enhanced wellbeing and nutrition

Mapping the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia for enhanced wellbeing and nutrition

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Dried Fish Matters - Exploring the Social Economy of Dried Fish

Author: Eric Thrift, Madu Galappaththi, Raktima Ghosh, Derek S. Johnson, Wae Win Khaing, Mahfuzar Rahman, and Ratana Chuenpagdee

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Year of Publication

2023

Published by:

TBTI Global

Language:

English

Pages:

540

Permanent link:

https://tbtiglobal.net/dried-fish-matters-e-book/

About the book:

Dried fish accounts for one-quarter to one-third of all fish consumed in South and Southeast Asia. Often produced simply by placing fish on the ground to dry in the sun, fish may also be processed through a combination of several other preservation technologies – salting, fermenting, brining, smoking, and pickling – using racks, ovens, clay pots, or other equipment. This book explores dried fish in the broadest possible sense, as encompassing any fish product that is neither fresh nor frozen. The main feature of these products is their portability: without the need for a cold chain, the food becomes less expensive to store and transport, and therefore more accessible to consumers in remote or less affluent places.

 The present volume is an outcome of the Dried Fish Matters Partnership, a research initiative funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Including more than 20 member organizations, this partnership is driven by researchers and students located in Canada, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia. The overall goal of Dried Fish Matters has been to study the contribution of dried fish to the food and nutrition security and livelihoods of the poor, and to examine how production, exchange and consumption of dried fish may be improved to enhance the well-being of marginalized groups and actors in the dried fish economy.

Citation:

Thrift, E., Galappaththi, M., Ghosh, R., Johnson, D. S., Khaing, W. W., Rahman, M., and Chuenpagdee, R. (Eds.). 2023. Dried Fish Matters Exploring the Social Economy of Dried Fish. TBTI Global Publication Series. St. John’s, Canada.

List of Chapters:

Section I – Introducing Dried Fish

  1. Transforming Values: Reflections on How Dried Fish Takes Value Socially – Derek S. Johnson 
  2. Why, How, and to Whom Dried Fish Matters: A Conversation among Researchers – Anupama Adikar, Ben Belton, Mostafa Hossain, Gayathri Lokuge, Tara Nair, Sisir Pradhan & Shalika Wickrama 

Section II – Food, Life, and Stories

Introduction – A Narrative of Many Narratives – Raktima Ghosh 

  1. Malini Peramuna: Life History of a Maldive Fish Processor and Producer Association Leader –  Dilanthi Koralagama & Nireka Weeratunge 
  2. All about ‘Kapi’ – Ratana Chuenpagdee, Suphakarn Traesupap, Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Thammasak Yeemin & Kungwan Juntarashote 
  3. Local Stories of the Global Anthropocene: A One-day ‘Adda’ with the Dry-Fishers of the Sundarbans Delta – Raktima Ghosh & Jenia Mukherjee
  4.  Residing with Risks: Everyday Narrative of a Woman at Dried Fish Practice in the Indian Sundarbans – Souradip Pathak 
  5. Dried Queenfish with Coconut Milk – Dilanthi Koralagama & H N D Hettiarachchi
  6. Trawling the Shutki Tidalectics: Short Narratives from Dry-fishing Women Folk in Frasergunj, India – Shreyashi Bhattacharya & Anuradha Choudry
  7. Tales from the Sea: Rendevouz with Vishnu Bhaliya, Jafrabad, Gujarat –  Tara Nair & Durga C. Fofandi
  8. Grandmother’s Recipe –  Sai Leela Modem
  9. Dawn to Dusk: A Day in the Life of a Dry Fish Vendor – Sai Leela Modem
  10. A Woman in a Strange Place – Wae Win Khaing 
  11. Davla and Dried Shrimps – Parag Tandel & Sara Ahmed
  12. The Story of Maimul: Locating Marginalization and Discrimination of the Fishing Community in Sylhet, Bangladesh – Yeashir Arafath & Mirza Taslima Sultana 

Section III Describing Dried Fish Value Chains

Introduction: The Diverse Values of Dried Fish Across Value Chains – Madu Galappaththi

  1.  Maldive Fish Processing in Southern Sri Lanka – Anupama Adikary & Dilanthi Koralagama
  2. Fish Fermentation in the Floodplain: A Photo Essay –  Mostafa A. R. Hossain, Ben Belton & Shakuntala H. Thilsted
  3. Coastal and Inland Dried Fish Value Chains in Sri Lanka: A Photo Essay Exploring the Processing Node and its Linkages – Madu Galappaththi, Wedige Chathurika Hiroshini, R. Ishan Indunil, Lakshitha Fernando, Sachindu Weththasinghe, Ishan Weththasinghe, Sachini Bandara Menike & Thusharini Renganathan
  4. Dried Small Indigenous Fish are the Pride of Assam: The Story of Suman Haldar – Sourabh Kumar Dubey, Kalpajit Gogoi & Ben Belton
  5.  Shopping for Dried Fish: A Photo Essay Portraying the Varieties of Dried Fish Products in Thailand –  Kongpop Rungruengrayup, Piyanuch Rungrattanapongporn, Suphakarn Traesupap, Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Thammasak Yeemin, Kungwan Juntarashote & Ratana Chuenpagdee 
  6. Living on the Edge: Experiences of Women Fish Processors and Traders in Coastal Northern Andhra Pradesh, India – Venkatesh Salagrama & Arjilli Dasu 
  7. Dried Fish Consumption in Myanmar – Sithu Lin, Wae Win Khaing & Ben Belton
  8. India’s Fish and Dried Fish Trade: An Overview – Jeena T. Srinivasan
  9. Online Marketing and E-commerce of Dried Fish in Thailand – Nova Almine & Ratana Chuenpagdee
  10. From the Neoclassical Economic to the Social-Ecological System Perspective: A Novel Outlook on Dried Fish Value Chains – Sisir Kanta Pradhan, Prateep Kumar Nayak & Derek Armitage
  11. Examining Value from a Socio-cultural Perspective – Md. Mahfuzar Rahman
  12. Navigating Weights and Measurements in the Dried Fish Supply Chain – Amalendu Jyotishi, Prashanth Ramappa, Prasanna Surathkal, Ramachandra Bhatta, Holly M. Hapke & Nikita Gopal 
  13. Dried Fish as Sustainable Gastronomy: A Semantic Analysis of Ræstur Fiskur – Eric Thrift

Session IV – Co-learning 

Introduction: Reflections on Knowledge Co-construction in the DFM Project – Eric Thrift 

  1. Tastes and Smells of Dried Fish – Gayathri Lokuge, Madu Galappaththi, Mostafa Hossain, Nikita Gopa & Eric Thrift
  2. Dried Fish Stories: Reflections on Visualizing Social Economies of Dried Fish in the Time of COVID – Nireka Weeratunge & Eric Thrift
  3. Computer-assisted Research and the Construction of a ‘Dried Fish Literature’ – Eric Thrift, Derek S. Johnson, Ben Belton & Jonah Olsen
  4. Researching the Researchers: A Study of Communication Effectiveness in an International Project – Alexia Pigeault & Fabiana Li

Synthesis: Learning about Dried Fish Eric Thrift & Derek S. Johnson