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| + | [https://trello.com/c/61df69f7098f4852282f902e DFM West Bengal political ecology and cultural history] | ||
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* Report of approximately 50-60 pages | * Report of approximately 50-60 pages | ||
* Interprets dried fish value chains in West Bengal using a political ecology lens | * Interprets dried fish value chains in West Bengal using a political ecology lens | ||
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* Provides a series of narrative case studies (environmental humanities) | * Provides a series of narrative case studies (environmental humanities) | ||
* Covers: power equations, cultural ethos and more-than-human entanglements shaping the empirics of DF value chain in West Bengal. | * Covers: power equations, cultural ethos and more-than-human entanglements shaping the empirics of DF value chain in West Bengal. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6a099f3d06102be6434f DFM West Bengal Theory: SES / sustainability and resilience report] | |
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* Report of approximately 50 pages | * Report of approximately 50 pages | ||
* Applies and extends a theoretical model in interpreting the social economy of dried fish in West Bengal | * Applies and extends a theoretical model in interpreting the social economy of dried fish in West Bengal | ||
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2022-01-12: Review this proposal? Not sure if Sisir's work will fit within this mandate as originally suggested. | 2022-01-12: Review this proposal? Not sure if Sisir's work will fit within this mandate as originally suggested. | ||
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Comment from Jenia: We need Sisir’s intervention here. We will plan a 2.5 day workshop during winter (November – December) 2021 with two major agendas: | Comment from Jenia: We need Sisir’s intervention here. We will plan a 2.5 day workshop during winter (November – December) 2021 with two major agendas: | ||
* Deployment of SES on (DF) VCA – what, why and how | * Deployment of SES on (DF) VCA – what, why and how | ||
* Design and development of instrument(s) to conduct field in selected DF sites in West Bengal | * Design and development of instrument(s) to conduct field in selected DF sites in West Bengal | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6a1123f0fc451b27f429 DFM West Bengal Consumption survey] | |
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* Analyzes the trends and patterns in dried fish consumption across different geographical regions in West Bengal during the postcolonial period. | * Analyzes the trends and patterns in dried fish consumption across different geographical regions in West Bengal during the postcolonial period. | ||
* Interprets consumer behaviour dynamics concerning dried fish consumption vis-à-vis fresh fish and other substitutes like chicken and beef. | * Interprets consumer behaviour dynamics concerning dried fish consumption vis-à-vis fresh fish and other substitutes like chicken and beef. | ||
* Identifies some of the critical drivers of and barriers to, if any, the consumption of dried fish. | * Identifies some of the critical drivers of and barriers to, if any, the consumption of dried fish. | ||
* Derives insights from the analysis of consumer behaviour for designing effective policies for hygienic and safe production and marketing of dried fish while ensuring livelihood security of the producers and health and food safety of the consumers. Assesses if there is trade-off between quality and price as well as formal and informal structure which can have implications on affordability of dried fish, especially among the poor. | * Derives insights from the analysis of consumer behaviour for designing effective policies for hygienic and safe production and marketing of dried fish while ensuring livelihood security of the producers and health and food safety of the consumers. Assesses if there is trade-off between quality and price as well as formal and informal structure which can have implications on affordability of dried fish, especially among the poor. | ||
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2022-02-09: Update from Jenia | 2022-02-09: Update from Jenia | ||
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2021-12-16: Update from Raktima and Jenia. | 2021-12-16: Update from Raktima and Jenia. | ||
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TOR taken from Kerala study. The survey instrument is available here: DFM [https://driedfishmatters.org/wiki/DFM_Kerala_2021_Household_consumption_survey Kerala 2021 Household consumption survey] | TOR taken from Kerala study. The survey instrument is available here: DFM [https://driedfishmatters.org/wiki/DFM_Kerala_2021_Household_consumption_survey Kerala 2021 Household consumption survey] | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6a17bd725151ac828b70 DFM West Bengal Visualization] | |
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* A set of photographs and/or videos illustrating key aspects of the social economy of dried fish in West Bengal. | * A set of photographs and/or videos illustrating key aspects of the social economy of dried fish in West Bengal. | ||
* These should have metadata with place, date, and photographer. | * These should have metadata with place, date, and photographer. | ||
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* Following consultation with IITK, images may be used for DFM Website, presentations, publications, or promotional materials. | * Following consultation with IITK, images may be used for DFM Website, presentations, publications, or promotional materials. | ||
* Photo essay interprets significant images or video clips from the collection. | * Photo essay interprets significant images or video clips from the collection. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6e639498e31e11a427db DFM West Bengal synthesis report] | |
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* 50 to 70 page report with references, glossary, maps, images, and methodological appendices | * 50 to 70 page report with references, glossary, maps, images, and methodological appendices | ||
* Final summary report of dried fish value chain first phase study for West Bengal synthesizing the methods and major findings from all components of the first phase study. | * Final summary report of dried fish value chain first phase study for West Bengal synthesizing the methods and major findings from all components of the first phase study. | ||
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| − | + | This will be a systematic synthesis and compilation of findings generated from all other research reports within the context of West Bengal. | |
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| + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6a1f5b48736003ba2604 DFM West Bengal Data sharing] | ||
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* Transcripts of interviews conducted using UM funding to DFM internal project database. | * Transcripts of interviews conducted using UM funding to DFM internal project database. | ||
* Each interview record should give date, duration, location, and interviewer along with a summary list of key points from the interview. | * Each interview record should give date, duration, location, and interviewer along with a summary list of key points from the interview. | ||
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* May be provided as records in a shared QDA database format (Atlas.ti, Nvivo) | * May be provided as records in a shared QDA database format (Atlas.ti, Nvivo) | ||
* Should include both content and thematic codes attached to each record | * Should include both content and thematic codes attached to each record | ||
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See the TOR for DFYWA Data sharing and DFM Bangladesh online database of field records. | See the TOR for DFYWA Data sharing and DFM Bangladesh online database of field records. | ||
From Jenia: It will really be great if you can think of conducting training (for instance: Atlas.ti) on this component, leading to capacity building of country teams and more uniform deliverables. | From Jenia: It will really be great if you can think of conducting training (for instance: Atlas.ti) on this component, leading to capacity building of country teams and more uniform deliverables. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6a2809b6a31f3317d962 DFM West Bengal publications] | |
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* Two peer-reviewed publications (journal articles or book chapters) building on earlier reports / deliverables | * Two peer-reviewed publications (journal articles or book chapters) building on earlier reports / deliverables | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df69d5d81ffb15569465bf DFM West Bengal literature review] | |
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* Report of 30-40 pages with supplementary bibliography. | * Report of 30-40 pages with supplementary bibliography. | ||
* Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. | * Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. | ||
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* Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available | * Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available | ||
* Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library. | * Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library. | ||
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2022-02-09: Update from Jenia | 2022-02-09: Update from Jenia | ||
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2022-01-03: Update from Raktima | 2022-01-03: Update from Raktima | ||
<blockquote>i) I will submit the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) report/article by 15th of this month. After an internal review and restructuring of the write-up, I am presently standing on the verge of wrapping it up. ii) We are planning to share with you a detailed and more specific research design, a future roadmap for our research. Me and Jenia di will be working on it once the SLR gets a final shape. | <blockquote>i) I will submit the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) report/article by 15th of this month. After an internal review and restructuring of the write-up, I am presently standing on the verge of wrapping it up. ii) We are planning to share with you a detailed and more specific research design, a future roadmap for our research. Me and Jenia di will be working on it once the SLR gets a final shape. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61df6a244c68e1428ed7f06b DFM West Bengal Zotero library] | |
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* Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. | * Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. | ||
* An English-language abstract and/or translated title should be provided for each item. | * An English-language abstract and/or translated title should be provided for each item. | ||
* Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available. | * Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available. | ||
* Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library. | * Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library. | ||
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2022-01-03: Update from Raktima | 2022-01-03: Update from Raktima | ||
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<blockquote>This has been accomplished by our team to a large extent. We will keep adding readings, etc. in course of conducting the research and generating outputs. | <blockquote>This has been accomplished by our team to a large extent. We will keep adding readings, etc. in course of conducting the research and generating outputs. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61981f2ffc73a405da1f94f0 Blue Justice video] | |
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/61981f50259260162dfee3a0 Amrita Sen webinar] | |
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c4295ffc60e7e9625537f DFM West Bengal Mapping of major fishing areas and groups] | |
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* Report of 30-40 pages with supplementary bibliography. | * Report of 30-40 pages with supplementary bibliography. | ||
* Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. | * Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. | ||
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* Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available | * Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available | ||
* Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library. | * Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library. | ||
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2022-01-03: Message from Raktima on the Systematic Literature Review. | 2022-01-03: Message from Raktima on the Systematic Literature Review. | ||
<blockquote>i) I will submit the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) report/article by 15th of this month. After an internal review and restructuring of the write-up, I am presently standing on the verge of wrapping it up. ii) We are planning to share with you a detailed and more specific research design, a future roadmap for our research. Me and Jenia di will be working on it once the SLR gets a final shape. iii) Linking literatures to DFM Zotero library is another task which comes next. Eric has patiently helped me to get this process over. Since some of the literatures of SLR will be overlapping with those of the preliminary Scoping Report, I thought of doing it after the SLR write-up is finalized. I hope that will be fine. iv) Last, but not the least, our CLOC project plans are getting space for implementations through a workshop with the active roles of our NGO partner and 'our mentors from the field' (fishermen and women) from Sundarbans. An initial stakeholder mapping has been done and contacts are being created to invite Government officials. However, an uncertainty is looming large due to the drastic hike in Covid cases and attendant lockdown in Bengal. Hence, we are yet to fix a suitable date and the way of conducting the workshop. | <blockquote>i) I will submit the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) report/article by 15th of this month. After an internal review and restructuring of the write-up, I am presently standing on the verge of wrapping it up. ii) We are planning to share with you a detailed and more specific research design, a future roadmap for our research. Me and Jenia di will be working on it once the SLR gets a final shape. iii) Linking literatures to DFM Zotero library is another task which comes next. Eric has patiently helped me to get this process over. Since some of the literatures of SLR will be overlapping with those of the preliminary Scoping Report, I thought of doing it after the SLR write-up is finalized. I hope that will be fine. iv) Last, but not the least, our CLOC project plans are getting space for implementations through a workshop with the active roles of our NGO partner and 'our mentors from the field' (fishermen and women) from Sundarbans. An initial stakeholder mapping has been done and contacts are being created to invite Government officials. However, an uncertainty is looming large due to the drastic hike in Covid cases and attendant lockdown in Bengal. Hence, we are yet to fix a suitable date and the way of conducting the workshop. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c4296e63f3236403a4c5b DFM West Bengal Markets and market segments overview] | |
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''This corresponds to "Scoping Report #1" from the original TOR.'' | ''This corresponds to "Scoping Report #1" from the original TOR.'' | ||
* Report of approximately 50 pages | * Report of approximately 50 pages | ||
* Summarizes the main segments and issues in dried fish value chains in West Bengal | * Summarizes the main segments and issues in dried fish value chains in West Bengal | ||
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| + | @ericthrift Thanks! I hope you don't mind that the findings are with bullet points. I have finished Bangladesh key location report two weeks ago, just in case you missed it. | ||
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| + | @waewinkhaing I think 650 words should be OK. I should have time to format and send out the report today or tomorrow. Thanks! | ||
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| + | [https://trello.com/1/cards/618c4296e63f3236403a4c5b/attachments/621faa3b98d7c02c15f002f8/download/Dried_Fish_in_West_Bangal_Summary.docx Dried Fish in West Bangal_Summary.docx] | ||
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| + | This summary is a bit long because the original report has a lot of points to cover. The current word count of the summary is approx. 650. Let me know if you want me to trim it down. | ||
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2022-02-11: @waewinkhaing -- please create a summary document. See the instructions under the Myanmar consumption survey. | 2022-02-11: @waewinkhaing -- please create a summary document. See the instructions under the Myanmar consumption survey. | ||
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2022-02-10: FINAL REVISION | 2022-02-10: FINAL REVISION | ||
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2022-01-14: Comments from Eric | 2022-01-14: Comments from Eric | ||
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2022-02-09: Updated file received from Raktima. | 2022-02-09: Updated file received from Raktima. | ||
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2022-01-14: Comments sent by Eric to the DFM West Bengal team. Now move to copy-editing and prepare release. | 2022-01-14: Comments sent by Eric to the DFM West Bengal team. Now move to copy-editing and prepare release. | ||
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2022-01-03: Update from Raktima. | 2022-01-03: Update from Raktima. | ||
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2021-12-03: Comments from Derek. | 2021-12-03: Comments from Derek. | ||
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2021-10-18: Comments from Derek. | 2021-10-18: Comments from Derek. | ||
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2021-08-18: Updated draft received from Raktima. | 2021-08-18: Updated draft received from Raktima. | ||
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2021-07-19: Returned to Jenia with comments from Derek. Requested section addressing methods. | 2021-07-19: Returned to Jenia with comments from Derek. Requested section addressing methods. | ||
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2021-06-27: Draft received from Jenia. [https://trello.com/1/cards/618c4296e63f3236403a4c5b/attachments/6202da2071275f8290e1cb88/download/DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-06.pdf DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-06.pdf] | 2021-06-27: Draft received from Jenia. [https://trello.com/1/cards/618c4296e63f3236403a4c5b/attachments/6202da2071275f8290e1cb88/download/DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-06.pdf DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-06.pdf] | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c42990e72e15145d7b2a4 DFM West Bengal scoping report 02] | |
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* Reports or mutually agreed upon outputs of appropriate mutually agreed upon lengths to address June 2021 components | * Reports or mutually agreed upon outputs of appropriate mutually agreed upon lengths to address June 2021 components | ||
** Narrative on political ecology and cultural history of dried fish sector | ** Narrative on political ecology and cultural history of dried fish sector | ||
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* Reports should include statements of methods, including details of participants involved and numbers of interviews or other meetings. | * Reports should include statements of methods, including details of participants involved and numbers of interviews or other meetings. | ||
* Any new relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database following the terms of reference above. | * Any new relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database following the terms of reference above. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c429944e13c55e3e61233 DFM West Bengal scoping report 03] | |
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* Reports or mutually agreed upon outputs of appropriate mutually agreed upon lengths to address June 2021 components | * Reports or mutually agreed upon outputs of appropriate mutually agreed upon lengths to address June 2021 components | ||
** Sustainability of fisheries and fishing practices | ** Sustainability of fisheries and fishing practices | ||
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* Reports should include statements of methods, including details of participants involved and numbers of interviews or other meetings. | * Reports should include statements of methods, including details of participants involved and numbers of interviews or other meetings. | ||
* Any new relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database following the terms of reference above. | * Any new relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database following the terms of reference above. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c429a6d34415755aa4ab5 DFM West Bengal final scoping report] | |
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* 50 to 70 page report with references, glossary, maps, images, and methodological appendices | * 50 to 70 page report with references, glossary, maps, images, and methodological appendices | ||
* Final summary report of dried fish value chain first phase study for West Bengal synthesizing the methods and major findings from all components of the first phase study. | * Final summary report of dried fish value chain first phase study for West Bengal synthesizing the methods and major findings from all components of the first phase study. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c429bbe11f259746509ee DFM West Bengal scoping knowledge mobilization] | |
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* Should include plain-language summaries of research findings (approximately 1000 words) for distribution to participants and the public, in English and in local languages. | * Should include plain-language summaries of research findings (approximately 1000 words) for distribution to participants and the public, in English and in local languages. | ||
* Should provide copies of any additional “knowledge mobilization” outputs generated during the scoping research, including conference presentations and media interviews. | * Should provide copies of any additional “knowledge mobilization” outputs generated during the scoping research, including conference presentations and media interviews. | ||
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| − | + | [https://trello.com/c/618c429a9d450179d035afa1 DFM West Bengal database] | |
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* Sharing of anonymized data or records of interviews undertaken as per agreed upon format in, e.g., Atlas.ti or Excel. | * Sharing of anonymized data or records of interviews undertaken as per agreed upon format in, e.g., Atlas.ti or Excel. | ||
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[https://trello.com/b/HubNzjyl?filter=label:West%20Bengal View on Trello] | [https://trello.com/b/HubNzjyl?filter=label:West%20Bengal View on Trello] | ||
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Revision as of 11:20, 7 March 2022
Name
Description
Comments
Due
DFM West Bengal political ecology and cultural history
- Report of approximately 50-60 pages
- Interprets dried fish value chains in West Bengal using a political ecology lens
- Draws on historical documents and oral history interviews
- Provides a series of narrative case studies (environmental humanities)
- Covers: power equations, cultural ethos and more-than-human entanglements shaping the empirics of DF value chain in West Bengal.
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DFM West Bengal Theory: SES / sustainability and resilience report
- Report of approximately 50 pages
- Applies and extends a theoretical model in interpreting the social economy of dried fish in West Bengal
2022-01-12: Review this proposal? Not sure if Sisir's work will fit within this mandate as originally suggested.
Comment from Jenia: We need Sisir’s intervention here. We will plan a 2.5 day workshop during winter (November – December) 2021 with two major agendas:
- Deployment of SES on (DF) VCA – what, why and how
- Design and development of instrument(s) to conduct field in selected DF sites in West Bengal
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DFM West Bengal Consumption survey
- Analyzes the trends and patterns in dried fish consumption across different geographical regions in West Bengal during the postcolonial period.
- Interprets consumer behaviour dynamics concerning dried fish consumption vis-à-vis fresh fish and other substitutes like chicken and beef.
- Identifies some of the critical drivers of and barriers to, if any, the consumption of dried fish.
- Derives insights from the analysis of consumer behaviour for designing effective policies for hygienic and safe production and marketing of dried fish while ensuring livelihood security of the producers and health and food safety of the consumers. Assesses if there is trade-off between quality and price as well as formal and informal structure which can have implications on affordability of dried fish, especially among the poor.
2022-02-09: Update from Jenia
Our market survey has been initiated. Raktima visited the Sheoraphuli market and conducted qualitative interviews with DF actors. She has discussed this in detail with me and we have a plan to write a small report on this in a non-convention and creative format. We will share the updates soon. The market survey in selected sites will start in full swing during Feb.-March. We will be collecting data using DFM tools and context-specific open-ended questions.
2021-12-16: Update from Raktima and Jenia.
We sat together with our previously developed tabular template to finalize the design for conducting the market survey during early 2022. After a thorough look into the document and our long discussions on this, we feel the strong impulse to come up with a 'mapping exercise layout' which will clearly demonstrate the different value chain segments, specific spatial nodes of activities, actor-specific/guided exploratory vignettes - and hence the entire market network.
We will design it during the last week of December once the first draft of my SLR (Systematic Literature Review) write-up is ready by December 25 (as planned). We will be very happy to share it with you and see what finally turns out from this.
For now, we are sharing some fundamental details about our market survey plan which we initially developed (will be retained in our mapping exercise document):
i) Survey of activities and actors across all VC segments (upstream-midstream-downstream) ii) Sites - ISD (Sagardwip, Jambudwip, Namkhana-Frasergunj, Mousuni) and Medinipur (Egra, Digha Mohana, Dadanpatrabar, Jaldah, Sankarpur-Tajpur, Junput) iii) Timeline - January 2nd week to March 3rd/4th week iv) Budget - 3,50,000 - 4,00,000 INR (approx.), including travel, accommodation, visualization costs, etc.
We will share our next updates with you by the end of this month.
TOR taken from Kerala study. The survey instrument is available here: DFM Kerala 2021 Household consumption survey
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- A set of photographs and/or videos illustrating key aspects of the social economy of dried fish in West Bengal.
- These should have metadata with place, date, and photographer.
- Images where faces are visible should only be shared if consent for the photographs has been obtained.
- Following consultation with IITK, images may be used for DFM Website, presentations, publications, or promotional materials.
- Photo essay interprets significant images or video clips from the collection.
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DFM West Bengal synthesis report
- 50 to 70 page report with references, glossary, maps, images, and methodological appendices
- Final summary report of dried fish value chain first phase study for West Bengal synthesizing the methods and major findings from all components of the first phase study.
This will be a systematic synthesis and compilation of findings generated from all other research reports within the context of West Bengal.
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- Transcripts of interviews conducted using UM funding to DFM internal project database.
- Each interview record should give date, duration, location, and interviewer along with a summary list of key points from the interview.
- IITK commits to storing interview notes or transcripts for the duration of the project and for two years after the project’s conclusion in case project participants wish to request access to greater detail on particular topics from them.
- Identifying information on interview participants to be kept separately from anonymized interview notes and/or transcripts.
- May be provided as records in a shared QDA database format (Atlas.ti, Nvivo)
- Should include both content and thematic codes attached to each record
See the TOR for DFYWA Data sharing and DFM Bangladesh online database of field records.
From Jenia: It will really be great if you can think of conducting training (for instance: Atlas.ti) on this component, leading to capacity building of country teams and more uniform deliverables.
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- Two peer-reviewed publications (journal articles or book chapters) building on earlier reports / deliverables
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DFM West Bengal literature review
- Report of 30-40 pages with supplementary bibliography.
- Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database.
- An English-language abstract and/or translated title should be provided for each item in local language.
- Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available
- Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library.
2022-02-09: Update from Jenia
Raktima submitted the first draft of SLR (18000 words, 44 pages) to me one week ago. I went through the document and provided her with detailed feedback on the same. Raktima has also developed a revised outline and a plan to complete each component within the next 10-15 days. In short, we are trying to advance the social economy perspective in the DF sector by accommodating socio-ecological and cultural research using SLR as the methodology. The aim of the article is to flesh out the rationale behind this enriched social economy approach in DF research. We are ambitious to communicate this to a good journal. Once the first draft is ready by this month, we will share it with you to get your comments.
2022-01-03: Update from Raktima
i) I will submit the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) report/article by 15th of this month. After an internal review and restructuring of the write-up, I am presently standing on the verge of wrapping it up. ii) We are planning to share with you a detailed and more specific research design, a future roadmap for our research. Me and Jenia di will be working on it once the SLR gets a final shape.
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DFM West Bengal Zotero library
- Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database.
- An English-language abstract and/or translated title should be provided for each item.
- Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available.
- Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library.
2022-01-03: Update from Raktima
iii) Linking literatures to DFM Zotero library is another task which comes next. Eric has patiently helped me to get this process over. Since some of the literatures of SLR will be overlapping with those of the preliminary Scoping Report, I thought of doing it after the SLR write-up is finalized. I hope that will be fine.
Earlier comment from Jenia:
This has been accomplished by our team to a large extent. We will keep adding readings, etc. in course of conducting the research and generating outputs.
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DFM West Bengal Mapping of major fishing areas and groups
- Report of 30-40 pages with supplementary bibliography.
- Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database.
- An English-language abstract and/or translated title should be provided for each item in local language.
- Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available
- Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library.
2022-01-03: Message from Raktima on the Systematic Literature Review.
i) I will submit the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) report/article by 15th of this month. After an internal review and restructuring of the write-up, I am presently standing on the verge of wrapping it up. ii) We are planning to share with you a detailed and more specific research design, a future roadmap for our research. Me and Jenia di will be working on it once the SLR gets a final shape. iii) Linking literatures to DFM Zotero library is another task which comes next. Eric has patiently helped me to get this process over. Since some of the literatures of SLR will be overlapping with those of the preliminary Scoping Report, I thought of doing it after the SLR write-up is finalized. I hope that will be fine. iv) Last, but not the least, our CLOC project plans are getting space for implementations through a workshop with the active roles of our NGO partner and 'our mentors from the field' (fishermen and women) from Sundarbans. An initial stakeholder mapping has been done and contacts are being created to invite Government officials. However, an uncertainty is looming large due to the drastic hike in Covid cases and attendant lockdown in Bengal. Hence, we are yet to fix a suitable date and the way of conducting the workshop.
2020-06-15
DFM West Bengal Markets and market segments overview
This corresponds to "Scoping Report #1" from the original TOR.
- Report of approximately 50 pages
- Summarizes the main segments and issues in dried fish value chains in West Bengal
@ericthrift Thanks! I hope you don't mind that the findings are with bullet points. I have finished Bangladesh key location report two weeks ago, just in case you missed it.
@waewinkhaing I think 650 words should be OK. I should have time to format and send out the report today or tomorrow. Thanks!
Dried Fish in West Bangal_Summary.docx
This summary is a bit long because the original report has a lot of points to cover. The current word count of the summary is approx. 650. Let me know if you want me to trim it down.
2022-02-11: @waewinkhaing -- please create a summary document. See the instructions under the Myanmar consumption survey.
2022-02-10: FINAL REVISION
https://driedfishmatters.org/files/DFM_RPT_IITK_Revised-Scoping-Report_2022-02-09.docx
2022-01-14: Comments from Eric
We don't actually want to request a new revision of this document, but I anticipate that you will be building upon each of the sections of this text in your subsequent reports, so I've put together a list of questions you might want to consider as you write about these topics further (attached). Please take these as suggestions for further points to discuss as the research progresses, rather than as a critique of your current report. Overall this is a very interesting and useful report, which I think has the potential to generate significant discussion as a Working Paper distributed by Dried Fish Matters.
Let's get this report cleaned and copy-edited, and out to our network in the next couple of weeks if we can. If you have the time to create a 1-2 page summary of key findings in lay terms, I could post that to our blog to accompany the full document.
DFM_MEM_Comments-West-Bengal-report-01.docx
2022-02-09: Updated file received from Raktima.
This final version of the report sketching out the dried fish production scenes of coastal West Bengal, sees the light of the day - we are grateful to the DFM Central team and IITK research group. I am happy that the report has come out to be the first output as well as a starting point of my PhD research on dried fish. We are really excited to find it as a published report with the DOI status attached to it.
Please note that the author arrangement for the report has been changed and here goes the final author order: Raktima Ghosh, Jenia Mukherjee, Amrita Sen, Souradip Pathak, Anuradha Choudry and Shreyashi Bhattacharya. The report is certainly the outcome of the active participation of Dr. Anuradha Choudry and Ms. Shreyashi Bhattacharya during the field visits.
https://driedfishmatters.org/files/DFM_RPT_IITK_Revised-Scoping-Report-01_2021-11-26.docx
2022-01-14: Comments sent by Eric to the DFM West Bengal team. Now move to copy-editing and prepare release.
2022-01-03: Update from Raktima.
Revisions are in DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-06.pdf
2021-12-03: Comments from Derek.
I have gone through the current Google docs version of the Scoping Report. It’s an excellent synthesis reference document. I made some minor edits, but will leave a more thorough language edit to our internal DFM process. I added three minor comments. As soon as you can address these final comments, we can move forward with the final language edit and formatting of the report.
I do think it would be useful to have the glossary for this report as well as the market study report so I would request that you provide the glossary for this report. There is no big rush on that. We can integrate the glossary after the final DFM edit is finished, which I don’t expect will be completed until early January.
https://driedfishmatters.org/files/DFM_RPT_IITK_Revised-Scoping-Report-01_2021-11-26.docx
2021-10-18: Comments from Derek.
I like very much the additions that you have made and think that the report is now much stronger. I have made some edits and inserted a number of additional comments requesting clarifications at various points in the text. ... In the next submitted version of the report, please separate out the final section on Immediate Research Plans and Subsequent Actions. I think there’s no need for that as part of the report, rather, it is the basis for a further discussion among us about your plan for the coming six months." DFM_RPT_IITK-Scoping_2021-10-18_DJ-comments.docx
2021-08-18: Updated draft received from Raktima.
https://driedfishmatters.org/files/DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-08-18.docx
DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_Comments-DJ_2021-06_Explanations.pdf
2021-07-19: Returned to Jenia with comments from Derek. Requested section addressing methods.
DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_Comments-DJ_2021-06.pdf
2021-06-27: Draft received from Jenia. DFM_RPT_WBG-Scoping-01_2021-06.pdf
2021-06-15
DFM West Bengal scoping report 02
- Reports or mutually agreed upon outputs of appropriate mutually agreed upon lengths to address June 2021 components
- Narrative on political ecology and cultural history of dried fish sector
- Submission of ethics amendments applications where necessary for June 2022 WB components
- Reports should contain lists, images, figures, and other illustrative materials as necessary.
- Reports should include statements of methods, including details of participants involved and numbers of interviews or other meetings.
- Any new relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database following the terms of reference above.
2021-12-15
DFM West Bengal scoping report 03
- Reports or mutually agreed upon outputs of appropriate mutually agreed upon lengths to address June 2021 components
- Sustainability of fisheries and fishing practices
- Enumeration of market practices at different levels of value chain
- Trend analysis of actors in the value chain and market processes
- Consumption analysis of dried fish with demographic trends. Analysis of socio-economic context that shapes dried fish consumption
- Collection of case studies on various dimensions of dried fish operation by using secondary sources and primary sources
- Identification of drivers that influence dried fish social economy (conceptual framework)
- Reports should contain lists, images, figures, and other illustrative materials as necessary.
- Reports should include statements of methods, including details of participants involved and numbers of interviews or other meetings.
- Any new relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database following the terms of reference above.
2022-08-01
DFM West Bengal final scoping report
- 50 to 70 page report with references, glossary, maps, images, and methodological appendices
- Final summary report of dried fish value chain first phase study for West Bengal synthesizing the methods and major findings from all components of the first phase study.
2022-10-15
DFM West Bengal scoping knowledge mobilization
- Should include plain-language summaries of research findings (approximately 1000 words) for distribution to participants and the public, in English and in local languages.
- Should provide copies of any additional “knowledge mobilization” outputs generated during the scoping research, including conference presentations and media interviews.
2022-10-15
- Sharing of anonymized data or records of interviews undertaken as per agreed upon format in, e.g., Atlas.ti or Excel.
2022-11-15
