Coastal transformations and fisher wellbeing - synthesized perspectives from India and Europe

Lead Research Organisation: University of East Anglia
Department Name: International Development

Abstract

This research examines how government policies with regard to coastal development have transformed the physical, ecological and social character of coastal areas in India and select European countries and how this has impacted the wellbeing of fishing communities, who are historically the main coastal inhabitants. While the modernization of fisheries that occurred in the past decades was aimed at economic progress, it also resulted in damage to marine ecosystems, to inequality and social conflict. Similarly, policies towards the end of the 20th century aimed at promoting industrial development and tourism threatened fishers by laying claim to coastal lands and polluting the seas they fish in.

We investigate this story of coastal transformation through a number of thematic work packages. First, we geospatially map the institutional and socioecological changes that have occurred in two Indian case study sites on the east and west coasts and supplement this with more coarse analyses of coastal transformation in UK, France, Norway and Slovenia. Second, we focus on specific transformations, namely the technical modernization of fisheries, the industrialization of the coast and the promotion of tourism and cultural heritage. Third, we explore how fishers' wellbeing is affected and how they respond to coastal transformations, either through resistance or livelihood migration. We also examine how they tell their histories of transformation and imagine their futures. The results of these focused studies are finally synthesized and inserted into the geospatial database.

The research takes a political ecology approach that focuses on the winners and losers of coastal transformation. We define wellbeing as: "a state of being with others, which arises where human needs are met, where one can act meaningfully (through relations with others) to pursue one's goals, and where one can enjoy a satisfactory quality of life" (McGregor 2007). Wellbeing is understood to include three dimensions: (a) material wellbeing (livelihoods in present and imagined futures); (b) relational wellbeing (with a focus on equality across genders and generations within fishing communities, and vis-à-vis external actors); and (c) subjective wellbeing (perceptions thereof). As fishers depend on common pool marine resources, the degradation and ineffective governance of these resources is a factor influencing all three dimensions hereof. Our research will be quantitative and qualitative and is ultimately aimed at seeking insights into individual, household and community responses to coastal transformation and short-term actions and strategic investments, both individually and collectively.

The research is expected to produce a range of outputs, both academic and non-academic. Apart from a series of journal publications, we will produce research and policy briefs to be shared with global and national policy-makers. Core sections of an interactive coastal web mapping will be produced in the case of India for sharing with civil society and NGO actors, fisher organizations and policy-makers. A mobile exhibition "Heritage for Future Fisheries" will be curated, traveling to four fieldwork locations (2 in India, 1 in Slovenia and 1 in the UK). As noted in the pathways to impact, this exhibition will set up collaborative dialogues with a range of stakeholders. We will also produce a set of articles and blogs for popular media across the five countries.

Planned Impact

This research on coastal transformation and its impact on fisher wellbeing in India and select European countries will be of use to a wide audience of academics, policy makers and private sector actors at various levels, from the global and national to local, and most importantly fishing communities. Fishing communities, who have considered the coast their home, have witnessed significant physical and institutional changes to the coast, while fishing itself has undergone large technological changes. By understanding these processes of change and the role of the state, market and private sector in driving them, this research will provide much needed input for future policy formulation and tools to fishing communities to be part of the policy process so that coastal governance is more sustainable in nature and cognizant of fisher wellbeing.

At the global level, our research is very relevant to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and specifically to SDG 14, which concerns conservation and sustainable use of the oceans. It relates to FAO's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995), as well as to the implementation of FAO's Voluntary Guidelines for Sustaining Small-Scale Fisheries (2014) and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (2012). With its links to decent work, educational and cultural opportunities as part of fisher imaginations and heritage, our work will also be relevant to other international agencies such as the International Labour Organization and the UN Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

One of our contentions is that the state in promoting the coast as a site of development has not adequately understood the ecological and social consequences of its policies. By studying processes of coastal transformation in two districts of India (one on the West coast and one on the East), we hope to map out not only the changes that have occurred to the physical, ecological and institutional landscapes but also who the winners and losers of such changes are. This will provide a rich database, which we will put together in a GIS tool that not only helps us visualize transformation but also serves as an instrument for policy-making. On the European side, we will produce coarse histories that map out coastal transformation so that comparative learning can be done across study sites.

This project, which includes case studies of different fisheries and socio-economic contexts, will allow an exploration of the different expectations, needs and wellbeing implications for fishing communities. Moreover, given the rich data that case studies across WPs will produce, apart from enhancing knowledge, one of the important expected impacts is to produce material that is useful for education. Project outputs will be fed into an exhibition catalogue, prepared parallel with an exhibition "Heritage for Future Fisheries" which will also be used as resource material. This mobile exhibition, by highlighting the fishing histories of the coast (fishing gear and specific fisheries) will interpret scientific findings into an accessible and relatable form that will easily communicate with and impact wider audiences, specifically in relation to environmental sensitization, spatial justice and wellbeing. At the end of the project, the ownership of the exhibition will be transferred to local museums or collections for future use and community engagement.

Further, the research aims to both empower grassroots organizations and activists working with fisher communities and the collectives of fisher organizations, especially in India (and where possible in Europe), to respond effectively to the processes of coastal transformations. For this purpose, meetings with be organized with fisher representatives and relevant actors from civil society, as well as government actors, in order to discuss project goals and results.
 
Title 'The Shauls'- A film about the barriers to recruitment in the Cromer fishing industry 
Description A 10 minute ethnographic film was produced to illustrate the barriers of recruiting young people into the fishing industry in Cromer and the hidden work involved in processing and distribution of the catch. The film was launched at the All Party Parlimentary Group for Fisheries in October 2022, at a discussions about the future of fishing crews and the associated challenges of recruitment. It was also shown on regional news BBC Look East, and covered by ITV News Anglia, and BBC Norfolk Sport (BBC Radio Norfolk). The film and recruitmnet issues highlighted by the research was also covered in the local press by The Eastern Daily Press, Fishing News, North Norfolk News, and online in the Fakenham and Wells Times. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact An early draft was shared with MMO, Natural England and DEFRA. The final version was circulated to them with an accompanying briefing document. 
URL https://vimeo.com/670194738/826d2a4e9b
 
Title Collage Installation on Heritage in Great Yarmouth 
Description A group of residents in Great Yarmouth, UK, who participated in the participatory collage workshops ran by the researchers, in collaboration with a local collage artist, produced individual collages of their perceptions and experiences of heritage in the area. These collages were then used in a final artwork installation (collages on a fishing net). 
Type Of Art Artwork 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact This activity produced an impact on the life of participants, who, in their feedback, said they had not until then reflected on how their personal histories were connected with the history of town, and expressed the intention to continue using collage to explore these feelings. 
 
Title Crossed Lines: Animation on Migrant fisher experiences in North East Scotland 
Description A short 4 minute animation was produced to illustrate the experiences of Filipino migrant fishermen and Scottish skippers. It drew on interviews with skippers and migrant crew to demonstrate how employmnet context, communication barriers and socio-cultural practices can prevent the reporting and acknolwedgement of abusive behaviours in the fishing Industry. By presenting how fishing crew and skippers each perceive their situation, we expose their different interpretations of reality and how migrant fishers are vulnerable to forms of coercion and control that are unrecognised or dismissed as unimportant within the industry. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact The animation link and an accompanying briefing document was shared with fishing industry organisations and fishermen's welfare organisations as part of our distribution strategy. Clips from the animation were played on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme to highlight current abuses in the fishing industry and how the current transit visa system enables this. This was accompanied by an interveiw with Dr Djohari that followed the Minister for Fisheries and Farming's response to incoming changes to the migrant visa system. The animation was also reported in the Scottish newspaper The Press and Journal, July 14th 2022. 
URL https://youtu.be/jq1y9MXdYJI
 
Title Cuddalore harbour's ice woman 
Description Kavitha is an ice vendor who sells to small buyers at the Cuddalore fishing harbour. Despite working side-by-side with them, she is not eligible for any of the benefits. This story explores her everyday negotiations to build her business. 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact This story has been translated into 13 Indian languages and read widely. 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/cuddalore-harbours-ice-woman/
 
Title Drying fish, dwindling fortunes 
Description Entrepreneur Visalatchi learned the trade of fish drying at Cuddalore Old Town Harbour where she has worked for over two decades. A 2020 ban on ring seine fishing shrunk her business and put her in debt. 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact Translated into 15 Indian languages, this story has been read extensively. 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/drying-fish-dwindling-fortunes/
 
Title In Cuddalore harbour: the woman and the sea 
Description A fish trader in Tamil Nadu, trans woman Maneesha auctions, loads, salts, dries and sells fish. Covid, followed by the initial ban on purse-seine nets almost sunk her business, but expensive private loans are keeping this entrepreneur afloat. This story discusses her life, the challenges she has faced and her agency in overcoming them. 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact The story has been translated into 14 Indian languages and read widely 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/in-cuddalore-harbour-the-woman-and-the-sea/
 
Title Puli gets by on shells, scales, heads and tails 
Description At the Cuddalore harbour in Tamil Nadu, 75-year-old K. Banumathi or 'Puli', sells fish remnants for a living. She and other women have laboured here for decades, but are still barely recognised as workers. 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Translated into 13 Indian languages, this was the first story in a series about women workers in the Cuddalore harbour. 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/puli-gets-by-on-shells-scales-heads-and-tails/
 
Title Short film on fishermen in Cromer and wellbeing 
Description A short film has been produced and led to a further ongoing film project. Our research team in the UK put some fishermen in touch with the company Postcode films who were running an ethnographic film course for students at UEA-DEV. The film went online in early 2019. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact As a result, a short film was made with local fishermen in the area of our research which we will be able to use as part of our exhibition. It has also led to a further film collaboration in the same area which is currently underway 
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knLol_efPgg&app=desktop
 
Title Vanagiri's women: lifting the lockdown load 
Description this short film captures the impacts of the covid-19 lockdown on women fish vendors in Tamil nadu. It highlights growing indebtedness to private providers and the need for urgent action to halt this trend. This film too speaks of women's tireless efforts to make ends meet despite all odds, and the emotional stresses arising from their inability to fulfil their children's educational aspirations. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact We hope this film, with its focus on declining incomes and growing indebtedness in a crisis, will suggest policy options for similar future scenarios. It has already had 199 views on youtube. 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/vanagiris-women-lifting-the-lockdown-load/
 
Title Veni's story: 'becoming a bold lady' 
Description This is a 7 minute film that records the struggles of a woman fish vendor in cuddalore district, who through hard work, and no support, has made a success of her life, building a house and educating her children. It also notes solidarity amongst fish workers, with Veni, the main protagonist, also helping other women. On the same link, there is an embedded 6 min film on the diverse contributions of women fish workers in the Cuddalore harbour. It provides visibility and recognition to women's work. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact The film highlights the struggles of women fish workers, but also their hard work and agency in shaping their lives. We hope it will bring to policy attention the diversity of women's work and contributions and the need for an enabling environment. It has already had 104 views on youtube. 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/venis-story-becoming-a-bold-lady/
 
Title Women fish-cutters: pushed into the shadows 
Description Despite the critical work they do, women like Kala, a fish-cutter from Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, find themselves ignored by major marine development policies. They struggle to survive. 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact Translated into 12 Indian languages, this was the second story in a series on the fisheries harbour at Cuddalore. 
URL https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/women-fish-cutters-pushed-into-the-shadows/
 
Description The starting premise of our research was that the coast had historically been primarily for fishing communities and hence it was necessary to study the impact of coastal transformation on these communities. We identified coastal transformation to comprise of (a) changes within fisheries and (b) challenges to fisheries because of other development priorities on the coast. By taking a comparative approach across countries we recognized, of course, that there were significant differences in the size of the fisher population and the importance of fisheries to the wider economy across countries with India having hundreds of thousands involved in a dynamic fishing economy whereas Slovenia only a few hundred contributing much less to the country's economy. We also acknowledged that the impact of the two above-identified dimensions of coastal transformation had differential impacts across our case studies and countries. Our research was thus aimed at capturing these differential impacts. In the two Indian cases, fisheries continued to be a major pillar of the district's economy. In the Cuddalore case (east coast), fisheries were mechanized significantly over the last three or more decades, not only with an expanding trawl fisheries but also a ring seine fisheries targeting oil sardines. Latest data from the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in 2016 puts the number of trawlers in Cuddalore at 287 and ring seiners at 134, though today there is a ban on the operation of ring seiners. This significant presence of mechanized boats has resulted in major conflicts over access and distribution of fisheries resources with small-scale fishers being squeezed and marginal players (e.g. elderly and those with limited equipment) facing diminishing incomes. What is also evident today in Cuddalore is that high volume low value species are predominant, which is a worrisome trend. On the other hand, Palghar (west coast) villages have not been significantly affected by the influx of trawlers and ring seiners. The majority of the boats are small and medium mechanized ones, with dhol and gill nets predominant as fishing gear. In Palghar, a trend analysis of small-scale fisheries over the last twenty years using CMFRI data shows ups and down in the number of active and part-time fishers, boats and gear. While there has not been a severe decline in the fisher population, Adivasi labour on boats has become more prominent. CMFRI data and interviews with fishers also show a steep decline in fish catch, especially of iconic fish species such as the Bombil (Bombay duck), which has significant implications for nutrition and food security. In the UK, issues related to fisheries are somewhat different. The fishing community faces a crisis in relation to the recruitment of crew and new entrants into the industry. As current skippers reach retirement age, a future generation of fishers to replace them is largely missing. The traditional father-to-son recruitment pathway for fishers is no longer reliable. Across the UK hardship, driven by increasingly restrictive policies around catching and marketing fish, has led to fishing families actively dissuading their children from fishing careers. Young people are also prevented from entering fishing by the rising expense and administrative complexity of fishing boat ownership. To address local recruitment problems, short-term initiatives such as fishing apprenticeship programs have been run across the country (e.g. in North Norfolk and Cornwall). However, the impact of such schemes on fisher recruitment is often negligible in the long term. Lessons learned to suggest they were often too short, without sufficient time at sea, did not engage with local fishermen adequately, and did not successfully identify apprentices with the high motivation and commitment needed for a career in fishing. A second key finding in the UK relates to the vulnerability of non-EEAs to currently unrecognized forms of coercion and control within the Scottish fishing industry. Although the focus was on North-East Scotland, our findings have a bearing across the UK fishing industry where non-EEA migrants are employed. The use of the 'transit visa' loophole restricts crew movements and access to full employment rights. This makes non-EEA crews vulnerable, kept largely invisible onboard vessels, and dependent on their employers for food, accommodation, and legal status. The use of short-term contracts (6-8 months) exacerbates this vulnerability by making crews reluctant to complain for fear of not having contracts renewed and being labeled troublemakers. One of the key findings in Slovenia is that a transition has taken place from industrial to boutique fishing due to the decline of the fish canning industry. Furthermore, the downturn of the fishery has resulted in a substantial decrease in the volume of the total catch, transformed the way of fishing, and resulted in changes to the main fish species caught (from European pilchard sardines to mollusks). As a result, remaining small-scale fishers are increasingly supplementing their income with tourism activities. Other factors that have affected fisher livelihoods are the border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia and changing priorities and funding by the EU Fishery Fund. The Norwegian case study illustrates some similarities with the Cuddalore case study in the sense that the modernization and industrialization of the fisheries has adversely impacted 'traditional fishing', which was often carried out alongside subsistence agriculture in coastal villages. Norway has witnessed the development of technologically advanced fishing fleets, a revolution in coastal transportation and the centralization of the fishing industry in a limited number of locations. Moreover, new policy approaches to fisheries in line with the industrialization of fisheries, such as the use of quotas as a control mechanism following the collapse of the herring stock in 1969, the closure of the open coastal cod fisheries in 1989, and the introduction of the individual vessel quota in 1990 and the tradable quota regime in 1997, further contributed to change in the fisheries sector in northern Norway, and the depopulation of fishing villages. A detailed analysis of industrial fishing vessels' movements and fishing activities illustrated that there has been a significant expansion of fishing activities towards the north and east of Norway over the last decade, covering wider areas in the Barents Sea. However, the number of trawlers operating in the Barents Sea, targeting three important fish species (cod, haddock, and pollock) has gradually declined, while there has been a substantial increase in the total time spent at sea by all commercial Norwegian trawlers in the Barents Sea. These changes in fishers' behavior and fishing activities are associated with warming water temperatures, modernization of fishing fleets, and changes in fisheries policies mentioned above. Development on the coast, the other dimension of coastal transformation, has also impacted fishery economies across our case studies. In both Cuddalore and Palghar, major industries have come up near the coast with significant, mostly adverse, impacts on fishing and other coastal communities. In Cuddalore, petrochemical industries in particular, but also thermal power plants have resulted in negative externalities of poor drinking water and air and water pollution. These coastal infrastructures for industrial needs have also created new dangers/obstacles for fishing such as the possibility of industrial accidents such as oil leaks. A similar story exists for Palghar. Impacts of existing thermal power projects, oil exploration and drilling along the Bombay-High Tapi basin, expanding industrial clusters, and urbanization, are being felt in the form of pollution affecting mangroves, wetlands, coastal fishing villages and coastal waters. The pollution plumes originating from the Navapur creek, into which industrial effluents flow, can be seen spreading into the coastal waters. This creates severe impacts on the fish quality; quantity too has declined over the years. Fish catch, commercially important fish species, number of fishing days, and local environments are all declining or getting degraded. All of these changes are adversely impacting the health of Koli fisher household members, their incomes, and the education of their children. Tarapur and Navapur clusters, located close to a nuclear power plant and chemical industry cluster, are especially seeing severe land use land cover (LULC) changes and environmental disturbances, affecting coastal vegetation dynamics and ecosystem health. The use of LED lights, oil drilling, and off-shore energy projects have also significantly affected marine biodiversity. In both Cuddalore and Palghar the area under wetlands and mangroves have decreased and aquaculture, built-up and barren lands increased. The growth of industries on the coast has also had spatial impacts on fishing communities and brought few employment benefits. The coastal commons, where small-scale fishers park their boats and dry their nets have been lost to industries. In Palghar, increasingly Koli fishers are being evicted from their villages. More evictions are expected due to the upcoming Wadhwan port project. In Cuddalore, local people are not getting much employment and any employment they do get is mostly casual and not permanent. In Palghar, employment in the non-fisheries sector is considered by fishers to be hazardous, exploitative, and non-remunerative, and thus not preferred by fisher men and women. In the UK policies for the development of off-shore wind energy in particular have had impacts on the coast and on fisheries. In Scotland, several of the smaller village landing centres have closed down and fishing is concentrated in Fraserburgh. Also boats and gears are now in the hands of fewer fishing families. There is a perception of decline, and while catch sizes haven't declined a lot, local livelihoods have. Crew jobs, moreover, are increasingly going to the migrant workers. In East Anglia, fisheries has become more a part of heritage than a livelihood. In Slovenia, the threats of industry are not a concern. Rather, the loss of harbor space is predominately due to the tourism development. Norway too has witnessed the growth of a number of developmental activities on the coast which has impacted fishing. Fish farming, fjord aquaculture and fish processing industries have grown significantly over the last five decades - developed from a primitive experimental stage industry to a research-based, technologically redefined industry. At present, salmon farming alone constitutes about 74% of the total seafood export value from Norway, far surpassing the traditional fisheries. The region has also experienced significant growth of metal and shipbuilding industries. Tourism, as a recent and rapidly increasing economic activity along the coast, boosted by fishing-related activities and the Northern Lights phenomenon, has played an important role transforming the coast. The use of traditional seasonal cabins (rorbus) for fishing has diminished, and most of such cabins are presently rented out to tourists. While many of the coastal fishing villages in northern Norway are now marginalized and struggling for existence, urban settlements along the coast have witnessed increasing immigration, high population growth, large urban developments and industrial growth close to the shoreline. The construction of buildings within the coastal zone (100 metres from the shoreline) and larger developments close to the shoreline have significantly increased over the last two decades. Increased human activities, following development of aquaculture, tourism and transportation, has resulted in increased competition for coastal space. There is a gender dimension to these changes in some of our case study sites. In both Cuddalore and Palghar, fisher women are losing access to post-harvest supply chains, in which larger traders plying longer distance markets are gaining ground. Moreover, while older women persist with fisheries livelihoods, younger women are increasingly opting out. In Palghar, women are also losing access to post-harvest supply chains because of the entry of fish processing businesses from the neighbouring state of Gujarat. In the UK, women have moved out of the processing sector, except in small-scale, home-based operations, such as dressing the Cromer crab, and have been replaced by migrant workers. Young people are also increasingly leaving the sector. In Norway, work in the frozen fillet industry and the prawn industry was traditionally female work. Most of the workers were recruited from local communities. Some of the women workers were also young women that immigrated from Finland for a long or short period of time. However, most of these jobs have disappeared due to global changes in the sector. The aquaculture industry, moreover, has to some extent replaced the whitefish and prawn industry in some of the bigger harbors, and migrant labourers, often hired by temp agencies, from Eastern Europe now make up the majority of the workforce. In Slovenia, very little statistical data exists on women in fisheries, although we have information to show that women hold a range of important roles within family fishing businesses, including maintaining records, undertaking administrative work, arranging sales, cleaning fish, and processing. Moreover, some women are involved in aquaculture (e.g. as biologists), small family fish market companies, project offices and tourism; others have come back to fishing after finishing their school education and pursuing other careers. What is important to note is that fishing communities are responding to the increasing pressure on the fishing economy. In Cuddalore, fisher incomes are being buttressed by temporary and long-term migration to other locations within India, but also abroad. Incomes gained are invested in housing, education, marriage, as well as more promising fishing equipment (ringseine). Koli youth, in Palghar, are also looking for other employment with many moving to Mumbai to work as clerks, shopkeepers etc. to buttress their incomes as other secondary occupations such as die-making are on the decline. It is important to point out that while education levels of fisher children are increasing in Cuddalore, this has not yet resulted in a large-scale exodus from fishing. Fishing provides young men jobs that can be remunerative, independent and adventurous and are embedded in hereditary caste occupations. In Slovenia, as already pointed out, some fishers are seeking employment in the tourism industry. There has also been resistance to coastal development in both the Indian case study areas. In Cuddalore, sporadic protest has taken place against a proposed shipyard, constructed oil refinery and an operational thermal power plant. Protests against aquaculture have also been a fairly regular occurrence. In Palghar, due to customary practices of owning and governing the commons coming under threat, Kolis have protested against further marginalization and decline in their wellbeing. Being organized into fisher cooperatives, and having leadership positions in the National Fishworkers Forum has helped enhance their voice. In Slovenia, the role of 'responsible' local bodies has helped in negotiating exceptions within the EU regulatory framework or mediating dialogue between concerned ministries, bodies and fishermen as well as other local actors. For example, with the support of the Slovene Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, fishermen were able to organize in local bodies and succeed legalizing the right to directly sell fish on the pier.
Exploitation Route What is apparent from our research is that the relative impacts of transformation within the fisheries and coastal development on fisher wellbeing is often difficult to disentangle. Both processes are taking place simultaneously and impact each other. Moreover, there are significant differences across our case studies vis-à-vis the relative impact of these two phenomena. Equally important is that fishing communities have responded to changes, at times seeking alternative employment (for both push and pull reasons) and other times resisting developments. Our research suggests the need to include fishing communities much more directly in discussion, debates and policy-making regarding the coast and fisheries.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Environment

Culture

Heritage

Museums and Collections

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Description Our main aim in studying coastal transformation and its impact on fisher wellbeing in India and select European countries was to understand how both technological transformations within the fisheries and changing priorities of development (e.g. industrialization and tourism) along the coast had affected the lives of fishers who historically were the primary occupants of the coast. At the global level, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) had spoken about prosperity for all and SDG 14, in particular, about sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources. The Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995) and the FAO's Voluntary Guidelines for Sustaining Small-scale Fisheries (2014) too had reiterated the importance of sustainable fisheries and small-scale fisher livelihoods. We contended that governments had not adequately understood the impacts of either technological transformation of the fisheries nor coastal development policies on the lives and wellbeing of fisheries dependent populations. Our original aim was to study this impact in five countries - India, United Kingdom (UK), Slovenia, Norway and France and across six case studies (two in India and one in each of the other countries). However, the French case study did not materialize and the main French partner, the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), focused primarily on the Cuddalore case study in India. We identified three main pathways to impact: (1) academic, (2) policy and (3) community. Little comparative research had been done on coastal transformation prior to our research initiative so generating robust 'data' (i.e. knowledge) that could create awareness and be used by policy makers and fishing communities was the immediate aim. We have achieved much of what we sought to across the four countries and five case study sites. Approximately 40 academic papers have been published thus far in regional and international journals with several more, including comparative ones, in the pipeline. We also organized panels and presented our research in international conferences, including those of IUAES (Interrnational Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), MARE (Maritime Studies) and Pollen (Political Ecology Network), with over 88 engagement activities at different scales, from the local and regional to national and global. In the course of our research, we also built and strengthened 15 research partnerships in individual countries and globally. For example, in India, researchers based at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) joined another research initiative on the gendered impacts of the Blue Economy, funded by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), U.S. IFP researchers were part of a NYU Shanghai collaboration on archiving coastal lives in port cities in India and China. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) were invited to partner with institutions from Sweden, Norway, South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Peru, Estonia and Brazil for the Belmont Forum sponsored project - OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation. In the UK, collaborative work has been initiated by the University of East Anglia with the UK government's Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS). This collaboration also helped build a partnership with WorldFish Centre to collaborate across several countries. In Slovenia, the team entered wider academic networks not only within the EU but beyond, including an invitation to be part of a project consortium submission to the European Fishery Fund, a collaboration with the Ph.D. programme in the Croatian Coastal University of Zadar, the co-organization of a policy day in the MARE conference in Amsterdam in 2021 and co-organization of the MARE conference in June 2023. As Slovenia is often not considered to be a "coastal country", these opportunities were especially important to gain visibility for nascent humanities and social sciences research on maritime processes in Slovenia. We have also tried to expand the academic network of researchers interested in fisheries and coastal research. In India, IFP put together a dedicated group of researchers working on the coast. These researchers are involved in action research on issues such as coastal infrastructure, aquaculture and the Blue Economy. For the Palghar case study, in western India, two Ph.D. students, two postdoctoral scholars and two Masters students carried out research on issues related to coastal transformation, labour and migration among small-scale fishers, the combined impact of industrialization/urbanization and climate change on coastal zones and fisheries, and the gendered impacts of infrastructure and energy projects on land and the sea. In the UK, students at both the Masters and Ph.D. level collaborated with the project, for example by undertaking a systematic review of literature on post-harvest fisheries processing and its equity, livelihood and health outcomes. In Slovenia, team members collaborated with researchers and students from the University of Primorska to carry out ethnographic and archival work-related research to understand the disappearing fishing industry in Izola. In Norway, attempts were made to involve Masters and Ph.D. students in the research on the modernization of fishing in the Finnmark region of northern Norway. A significant part of the Norway team's contribution to the overall project was India-based with a PhD student from The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) conducting research on the trawl fisheries of Cuddalore, helping the Norway team strengthen its comparative analysis of the modernization of fisheries in Norway and India. On the policy front too, we have tried to make an impact. On the Indian side, the Cuddalore team has prepared a comprehensive report assessing the impact of coastal transformation on fisher wellbeing which will be shared with concerned stakeholders including policy makers. The Principal Investigator is now part of an advisory team for the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission that is undertaking a large-scale survey of fisheries across all coastal districts in Tamil Nadu. The survey is meant to provide an update of fisheries in the state given the lack of secondary data available. A similar report on coastal transformation and fisheries is now being prepared by IITB for the Palghar case study. In addition, IITB researchers helped small-scale fisher associations with evidence and data to support fisher petitions related to adverse impacts of coastal transformation on their wellbeing. Equally tangibly, the UK team's research on the hidden abuses of migrant crews on fisher boats was shared in a meeting with the International Transport Worker's Federation (ITF) and the Fair Food Programme and has been used as part of a campaign to end the use of transit visas for UK fishers. Another example of a tangible policy impact on the UK side was the ethnographic film 'Shauls', which focused on recruitment, education and transferable skills in the fishing industry. This was officially launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group in Westminster with an accompanying briefing note. The film was shown on regional BBC news (Look East), and a team member was interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk and other media. The North Norfolk MP Duncan Baker expressed interest to engage further with UEA to carry this forward. The Slovenian team organized a session at the MARE 2021 Policy day, as mentioned above, to highlight the importance of recognizing coastal populations' heritage and the importance of heritage to coastal policy making aimed at mitigating climate change effects and increased industrial, capital and environmental pressures on the coast. As the primary aim of our research was to create more awareness about fishers and fisher livelihoods and the impact of coastal transformations on these livelihoods, a major output and impact of the project was a virtual exhibition curated by the Slovenian team that showcases coastal transformations across all field sites. The exhibition features in the online presence of the only Slovenian maritime museum, but has also engaged closely with other relevant heritage institutions and individuals and provided spaces for fishers' (including fisherwomen's) everyday experiences of contesting, appropriating, living with or yielding to coastal transformations, highlighting vulnerable populations in need of more protection and empowerment. The exhibition also functions as an educational tool for middle school as well as university level students at many research and educational institutions thus providing a long-term impact of knowledge transfer to younger generations beyond partner countries. There have been approximately 1,700 users of the site and 27,000 clicks. On the Indian side, IFP and MIDS jointly organized a workshop to share the Cuddalore research findings with writers, documentary film makers, journalists, media professionals, activists and researchers working on fisheries and coastal issues. The workshop was aimed at bringing together individuals, many from the fishing community, who had written mostly in Tamil, so that they could share their experiences and discuss current challenges of fishers, fisheries and the coastal environment. A Tamil language document has been published, which will be shared and deliberated upon with the fishing community and others. We have also brought out a series of photo stories and three short films on women fish workers in India to create broader awareness of the challenges fishers confront but also their everyday agency in dealing with these challenges. These have been published online by the People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) in several Indian languages (including Tamil and English) and have been widely read and viewed (approximately 3,000 views and reads). A researcher from IITB was invited to be a Jury Member of the Indian Ocean People's Tribunal on Issues and Challenges of the Blue Economy, organized by the National Fishworkers Forum, SNEHA, Delhi Forum, and The Research Collective. Thereby concerns and lessons learnt from the EQUIP project were shared with a wider cross-section of fishers, fisher associations, NGOs, policy makers, and other stakeholders from South and South East Asia. The deliberations of the jury and its recommendations were also shared with government agencies in countries of these two regions. Moreover, IITB organized a meeting in Satpati, a main fishing village in Palghar district, where members of the Indian research teams could hear directly from fishers and their cooperatives about fisher concerns related to coastal transformation. Fishers expressed happiness that finally a group of researchers were open to listening to them. The project translated printed material, newspaper articles, petitions, and oral interviews from Koli fishers (men and women) and made these available in English. This will enable wider dissemination of fisher concerns to the public, media, and government stakeholders.
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections
Impact Types Cultural

Economic
 
Description All Party Parliamentary Group presentation
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Coastal transformations and fisher wellbeing - synthesized perspectives from India and Europe (EQUIP)
Amount £40,324 (GBP)
Funding ID I205904DEVCOA 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2021 
End 09/2021
 
Title Collage 
Description We used collage as a participatory and creative tool to understand sentiments, experiences and perceptions of the fishing past amongst residents in Great Yarmouth, UK. This was an inclusive and accessible way for people to express themselves more freely and has resulted in collages produced by participants themselves, which have been part of a touring exhibition in Great Yarmouth and at the University of East Anglia. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Participants felt that their voices were heard and felt empowered by the fact that what they expressed in their work was being seen by a wider audience. 
 
Title Flashpoint Approach 
Description Identified "flashpoints" - sites 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Identified "flashpoints" - sites affected by coastal transformation and contested by local fisher and coastal communities in the form of pollution, biodiversity loss, livelihood loss, loss of food security, and health impacts 
 
Title Virtual Exhibition 
Description In 2020 the project consortium reached an agreement that Slovenian team will organise virtual exhibition due to the Covid-19 measures. ZOOM discussions with researchers included in the projects as well as with the designer of the virtual exhibition were realised in 2020. Exhibition aims at representing coastal transformations considering how fishers and broader local communities envisage coastal transformations and modes of producing and living sustainably. The exhibition aims to highlight the coastal transformations at four corners of the world (India, UK, Slovenia, Norwey) through 7-8 thematic entries and by incorporating the data and knowledge gathered by researchers involved in project FISHERCOAST. Each thematic entry consists of short blog article introducing the topic and fieldwork material (photos, AV material, GIF, infographics). A new researcher working on satellite images and preparation of GIF animations for the exhibition has joined the Slovenian team in 2021. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The virtual exhibition will be hosted by ZRC SAZU server and will be linked to FISHERCOAST website as well as to the MARE website and Maritime Museum in Piran (Slovenia) in order to ensure the sustainability of the projects results. The virtual exhibition will be done through customized WordPress template. 
 
Title Zoom Interviews 
Description Main research methods in this period were ZOOM interviews and archive desk-top work. For facilitating dialog among research sites and researchers involved as well as with wider scientific community, the Slovenian team (ZRC SAZU) together with IFP organised a panel for the IUEAS Conference (to be held in Croatia in October 2020 but was postponed to 2021 March) entitled 'The Tides of Change: Living Off and With Heritage on the Coast'. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The panel aims to explore coastal transformations and the role of heritage through ethnography and other form of research (including archival or discourse analysis) conducted with coastal populations regarding the diverse processes of heritage-making. Based on the panel conference proceedings or edited volume is planned. 
 
Title Equip (UiT Arctic University of Norway (Tromso)) Indo-Norwegian fisheries collaboration 
Description This database consists of secondary and primary materials collected in the context of the FisherCoast effort (WP2) to scrutinize the manner in which Norwegian development aid contributed to the development of Indian fisheries, starting in the 1950s. It also compares the Norwegian policy towards Indian fisheries with the manner in which it developed the fisheries in Northern Norway in the same period. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact No impact yet 
 
Title Fishercoast Spatial Data Platform 
Description A spatial data infrastructure and content management system has been commissioned at IFP which will aggregate multi-disciplinary datasets. It will allow researchers to consult and contribute datasets, generate and print thematic maps and visualise trends with plotting tools. The platform currently aggregates LULC features such as sand dunes, agricultural land, plantation, fallow land, settlement and built-ups, freshwater bodies, coastal wetlands, aquaculture, industries and other land use. It will also handle large multisource data including remote sensing images acquired at different dates, oceanic and socio-economic data which will be used in building indices of coastal vulnerability based on probable maximum storm surge, probable maximum precipitation, wind speed, coastal erosion (natural & anthropogenic), population density, fisher population, house types and other relevant socio economic datasets. 
Type Of Material Data handling & control 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact It will become a one-stop data infrastructure for all project related spatial data with the ability to produce custom maps combining data from across disciplines 
 
Description CEFAS-Worldfish-NISD-UEA partnership for research and training 
Organisation Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution In May 2022, following a series of workshops hosted by Nitya Rao (also Director, Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development) with CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) and World Fish Centre, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with World Fish Centre to collaborate on future research and training with UEA and CEFAS. We have jointly organised a webinar entitled Voices from the Global South and are developing research proposals.
Collaborator Contribution Jointly organised a webinar, developing research grant applications, conducting a systematic review on post-harvest fisheries processing technologies and their impact on equity.
Impact Voices of the Global South: Whats changing for women fishers and fish workers, 28/11/22. Systematic Literature Review in progress Research grant application in progress
Start Year 2022
 
Description Delivering climate resilience through safe and sustainable food systems (One Food) 
Organisation Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We have been contributing to this partnership through a scoping review of the literature on the gender equality impacts of food system interventions
Collaborator Contribution Our partner CEFAS is funding the scoping review, but also engaging us in dialogue with the wider partnership.
Impact We are working on a scoping review paper as part of this partnership. Additionally, three colleagues are participating in a review workshop in South Africa around the One food risk tool.
Start Year 2024
 
Description Equip (IFP) - CDMCR, Bharathidasan University - Coastal Vulnerability due to Climate change Sea Level Rise and Natural Hazards 
Organisation Bharathidasan University
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution It is a project named, "Coastal Vulnerability due to Climate change Sea Level Rise and Natural Hazards" - Tamil Nadu Coast - project funded by NCCR, Ministry of Earth Sciences ,India. Guiding a student (Muthushankar)
Collaborator Contribution Spatial GIS layers and field data
Impact International Conference presentations MUTHUSANKAR G., PROISY C., GHOSH S., MATHEVET R., BALACHANDRAN N., ANBARASAN P. and LAKSHUMAN C., 2019. On the urgent vulnerability assessment of the Coromonadel Coast of India threatened by increasing and combined environmental and human pressures, Paper presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019) jointly organized by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) held at Chennai from 17th to 19th December 2019. PRABHAKARAN M., USHA T., MUTHUSANKAR G., BAVINAYA P.K., LOGESH N. and LAKSHUMAN C., 2019. Assessment of aquifer vulnerability and mapping of saline water intrusion in the Coastal aquifers of Cuddalore District, Paper presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019) jointly organized by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) held at Chennai from 17th to 19th December 2019. BAVINAYA P.K., PRABHAKARAN M., LOGESH N., LAKSHUMAN C., MUTHUSANKAR G., IYYAPPAN M., VIVEK G., KARTHIKAA R., DASH S.K. and USHA T., 2019. Coastal vulnerability assessment for Tamil Nadu coast using Coastal Hazard Wheel, Paper presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019) jointly organized by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) held at Chennai from 17th to 19th December 2019. LOGESH N., USHA T., MUTHUSANKAR G., BAVINAYA P.K., PRABHAKARAN M. and LAKSHUMAN C., 2019. Flood susceptibility analysis in Chennai Corporation using Frequency Ratio Model, Paper presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019) jointly organized by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) held at Chennai from 17th to 19th December 2019. RAMKI P., SAJIMOL S., MUTHUSANKAR G. and LAKSHUMAN C., 2019. Assessment of Coastal environmental changes with reference to aquaculture development in part of Tamil Nadu Coast using Geospatial Technology, Paper presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019) jointly organized by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) held at Chennai from 17th to 19th December 2019.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Equip (IFP) - CDMCR, Bharathidasan University - Coastal Vulnerability due to Climate change, Sea Level Rise and Natural Hazards 
Organisation Bharathidasan University
Department Centre for Disaster Management and Coastal Research (CDMCR)
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution It is a project named, "Coastal Vulnerability due to Climate change Sea Level Rise and Natural Hazards" - Tamil Nadu Coast - project funded by National Centre for Coastal Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India
Collaborator Contribution Field data, analysis
Impact Series of publications submitted 1. Shoreline changes over last five decades and predictions for 2030 and 2040: A case study from Cuddalore, southeast coast of India- Earth Science Informatics. (Under review). Logesh Natarajan. Nagulan Sivagnanam. Tune Usha . Lakshumanan Chokkalingam. Sajimol Sundar. Muthusankar Gowrappan. Priyadarsi Debajyoti Roy 2. Aquifer vulnerability mapping to saline water intrusion in Nagapattinam district, southeast coast of India- Journal of Coastal Conservation (Under review). Prabhakaran Moorthy, Logesh Natarajan, Bavinaya Palpanabhan, Lakshumanan Chokkalingam, Tune Usha, Muthusankar Gowrappan 3. Assessment of aquifer vulnerability and mapping of saline water intrusion in the coastal aquifers of Cuddalore district- Sustainable Water Resource Management (Under review). Sridhar Sundaramoorthy. Prabhakaran Moorthy. Tune Usha. Muthusankar Gowrappan. Logesh Natarajan. Lakshumanan Chokkalingam 4. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment for Tamil Nadu Coast using Coastal Hazard Wheel- Earth System Science (Under review). P. K. Bavinaya, M. Prabhakaran, N. Logesh, C. Lakshumanan, G. Muthusankar, M. Iyyappan, G. Vivek, R .Karthikaa, Tune Usha and S. K. Dash
Start Year 2019
 
Description Equip (IFP) - Central University of Tamil Nadu - Cyclone vulnerability assessment of East Coast in India 
Organisation Central University of Tamil Nadu
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Project Guide (Muthushankar)
Collaborator Contribution Guidance for Thesis Data, M.Sc thesis and research paper
Impact Masters Thesis titled "Index based vulnerability assessment to cyclone hazards of East Coast in India"
Start Year 2020
 
Description Equip (IFP) - Central University of Tamil Nadu - Cyclone vulnerability assessment of East Coast in India 
Organisation Central University of Tamil Nadu
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Project Guide (Muthushankar)
Collaborator Contribution Guidance for Thesis Data, M.Sc thesis and research paper
Impact Expecting M.Sc Thesis and one peer review publication
Start Year 2020
 
Description Equip (IFP) - Indo-German Centre for Sustainability Student Capacity Building 
Organisation Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Organization of 2 field visits, presentation of the research projects and discussion hosting 25 students of the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, IIT Madras. Held in March 2019 and February 2020. [Led by Senthil Babu - IFP]
Collaborator Contribution Organization of 2 field visits, presentation of the research projects and discussion hosting 25 students of the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, IIT Madras. Held in March 2019 and February 2020.
Impact Organization of 2 field visits, presentation of the research projects and discussion
Start Year 2019
 
Description Equip (UiT Arctic University of Norway (Tromso)) - (NWO)-Partnership Fish4Food project Interaction 
Organisation Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Country Netherlands 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The Fish4Food project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/WOTRO - project number W 80.25.303) over the period 2016 to 2020. This project focuses on low-price fish chains in Ghana and South India, and Maarten Bavinck is PI. The South India research is partly carried out in the same coastal district that FisherCoast is concentrating on.
Collaborator Contribution Key Indian partners of Fish4Food (Prof. Amal Jyotishi, Amrita University; Mr K. Subramanian, University of Amsterdam) are in touch with the FisherCoast team and in particular Maarten Bavinck (Tromso, Norway) and sharing relevant research results and insights. This relationship has not been formalized but is occurring informally. There are no financial contributions involved
Impact No outputs
Start Year 2019
 
Description Exhibition in UK for 2021 
Organisation Time and Tide museum, Great Yarmouth
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We have engaged with the museum in Great Yarmouth and discussed how to develop a digital exhibition which will travel across country partners.
Collaborator Contribution They will physically host an exhibition in 2021
Impact \Outputs are still being developed. The collaboration is multidisciplinary across social sciences, humanities including history and heritage
Start Year 2019
 
Description GIS data with Cefas for mapping coastal transformations 
Organisation Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We will communicate our findings to Cefas as we develop the project and primary conduct data collection. This is of direct interest to their work as they are the government agency for fisheries research in England
Collaborator Contribution Cefas will contribute some GIS mapping data to show coastal transformation visually in our project
Impact Yes - the disciplines include natural sciences and social sciences
Start Year 2019
 
Description IFP and NYU Research Collaboration on Building a Community Archives for Alternative Archives for Fisher Histroy 
Organisation New York University Shanghai
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution o Contributed as part of disseminating the Equip funded project to outreach a wider audience o Research Team involved Bhagath Singh Arunkumar A S
Collaborator Contribution o Contributed with creating a website for dissemination
Impact Art camp Short video stories for the website content Photo archives for website Mapping a coastal village o Yes, it is multi-disciplinary with the involvement of historians, ecologists and anthropologists
Start Year 2021
 
Description IFP and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)Library on a Modern Endangered Archives Project (MEAP) Titled Archiving Tamil Fish Workers in Print 
Organisation University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The research team in continuance after the Equip project at the IFP conducted extensive fieldwork apart from the Equip study region - Cuddalore to other coastal districts in Tamil Nadu and collected archival print documents. ? Bhagath Singh ? Arunkumar A S ? Prabhakar Jayaparakash
Collaborator Contribution A database on the various collected archival material has been digitalized and sent to UCLA as list in a prescribed template.
Impact o Digitized print material o Template of the survey
Start Year 2022
 
Description Maarten Bavinck has become affiliate researcher at the French Institute Pondicherry 
Organisation French Institute of Pondicherry
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Maarten Bavinck has become an affiliate researcher at the French Institute Pondicherry and carried out two months of fieldwork on ringseine fisheries in Cuddalore District in April and November 2023; manuscript has been submitted for publication.
Collaborator Contribution Maarten Bavinck has become an affiliate researcher at the French Institute Pondicherry and carried out two months of fieldwork on ringseine fisheries in Cuddalore District in April and November 2023; manuscript has been submitted for publication.
Impact Manuscript submitted for publication
Start Year 2023
 
Description Mphil projects 
Organisation Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Mentored MPhil student to design and conduct research for her MPhil project at IIT Bombay.
Collaborator Contribution Announced the opportunity to their MPhil students.
Impact This will lead to two outputs. 1. MPhil dissertation of the student; and 2. A joint paper on education and mobility in a fishing community in western India.
Start Year 2019
 
Description OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation 
Organisation Federal University of São Paulo
Country Brazil 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research with diverse stakeholders to understand and come up with strategies for ocean, marine, and coastal conflict transformation
Collaborator Contribution literature review, proposal review, joint development of research framework, design of methodology, and theoretical inputs.
Impact No outcomes yet. It is multi-disciplinary - Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Science, Marine Sciences, Geography, Sustainability Science, Architecture; Dialogues and discussions with government stakeholders in the countries of interest; this is preliminary to formal starategies and mechanisms for policy shifts to address ocean conflicts
Start Year 2021
 
Description OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation 
Organisation Massey University
Country New Zealand 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research with diverse stakeholders to understand and come up with strategies for ocean, marine, and coastal conflict transformation
Collaborator Contribution literature review, proposal review, joint development of research framework, design of methodology, and theoretical inputs.
Impact No outcomes yet. It is multi-disciplinary - Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Science, Marine Sciences, Geography, Sustainability Science, Architecture; Dialogues and discussions with government stakeholders in the countries of interest; this is preliminary to formal starategies and mechanisms for policy shifts to address ocean conflicts
Start Year 2021
 
Description OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation 
Organisation Södertörn University
Country Sweden 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research with diverse stakeholders to understand and come up with strategies for ocean, marine, and coastal conflict transformation
Collaborator Contribution literature review, proposal review, joint development of research framework, design of methodology, and theoretical inputs.
Impact No outcomes yet. It is multi-disciplinary - Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Science, Marine Sciences, Geography, Sustainability Science, Architecture; Dialogues and discussions with government stakeholders in the countries of interest; this is preliminary to formal starategies and mechanisms for policy shifts to address ocean conflicts
Start Year 2021
 
Description OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation 
Organisation UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Country Norway 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research with diverse stakeholders to understand and come up with strategies for ocean, marine, and coastal conflict transformation
Collaborator Contribution literature review, proposal review, joint development of research framework, design of methodology, and theoretical inputs.
Impact No outcomes yet. It is multi-disciplinary - Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Science, Marine Sciences, Geography, Sustainability Science, Architecture; Dialogues and discussions with government stakeholders in the countries of interest; this is preliminary to formal starategies and mechanisms for policy shifts to address ocean conflicts
Start Year 2021
 
Description OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation 
Organisation University of Cape Town
Country South Africa 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research with diverse stakeholders to understand and come up with strategies for ocean, marine, and coastal conflict transformation
Collaborator Contribution literature review, proposal review, joint development of research framework, design of methodology, and theoretical inputs.
Impact No outcomes yet. It is multi-disciplinary - Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Science, Marine Sciences, Geography, Sustainability Science, Architecture; Dialogues and discussions with government stakeholders in the countries of interest; this is preliminary to formal starategies and mechanisms for policy shifts to address ocean conflicts
Start Year 2021
 
Description OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation 
Organisation University of Virginia (UVa)
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research with diverse stakeholders to understand and come up with strategies for ocean, marine, and coastal conflict transformation
Collaborator Contribution literature review, proposal review, joint development of research framework, design of methodology, and theoretical inputs.
Impact No outcomes yet. It is multi-disciplinary - Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Science, Marine Sciences, Geography, Sustainability Science, Architecture; Dialogues and discussions with government stakeholders in the countries of interest; this is preliminary to formal starategies and mechanisms for policy shifts to address ocean conflicts
Start Year 2021
 
Description Ruptures, Gendered Adaptation and the Social Economy of Indian Ocean Fisheries 
Organisation Centre for Poverty Analysis
Country Sri Lanka 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Ajit Menon, Prabhakar Jayaprakash and Bhagath Singh A. are the collaborators on this SSRC funded initiative to develop a larger proposal for SSRC's Transregional Collaborative Research Grant call.
Collaborator Contribution The PI for the project is Gayathri Lokuge, PhD who is a Senior Researcher at CEPA and leads the Livelihood and Employment Research Cluster. Dr. Lokuge will lead the Sri Lanka study, coordinate all phases of the project and oversee the organization of the workshop in Sri Lanka and full proposal development. Co-PI Amalendu Jyotishi, PhD is an institutional economist and Professor at the School of Development, Azim Premji University (Bangalore, India) who studies fish for food security, dried fish value chains, commons, and substantive economy. Dr. Jyotishi will lead the India study, contribute to project conceptualization, help organize the in-person workshop, and co-coordinate the development of full project proposal. Co-PI Holly Hapke, PhD is a geographer with expertise in international development, gender, food systems, and human-environment interactions. In her current position at UC Irvine, Dr. Hapke facilitates the development of inter- and transdisciplinary team science research projects. She will contribute to the project conceptually, support the organization of virtual communication and the workshop in Colombo, and co-coordinate the production of a full project proposal.
Impact As part of the output, we (Ajit Menon, Prabhakar Jayaprakash and Bhagath Singh A. as part of a larger team) have written a paper titled 'Organizing against Dispossession: Collective Action to Support Actors in Small-scale Fisheries Food Systems of the Indian Ocean', which will be published as part of a special issue on Small-scale Fishing Communities for Justice and Sustainability: Opportunities for Food Systems Transformation in the journal Maritime Studies
Start Year 2021
 
Description Ruptures, Gendered Adaptation and the Social Economy of Indian Ocean Fisheries 
Organisation Centre for Poverty Analysis
Country Sri Lanka 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Ajit Menon, Prabhakar Jayaprakash and Bhagath Singh A. are the collaborators on this SSRC funded initiative to develop a larger proposal for SSRC's Transregional Collaborative Research Grant call.
Collaborator Contribution The PI for the project is Gayathri Lokuge, PhD who is a Senior Researcher at CEPA and leads the Livelihood and Employment Research Cluster. Dr. Lokuge will lead the Sri Lanka study, coordinate all phases of the project and oversee the organization of the workshop in Sri Lanka and full proposal development. Co-PI Amalendu Jyotishi, PhD is an institutional economist and Professor at the School of Development, Azim Premji University (Bangalore, India) who studies fish for food security, dried fish value chains, commons, and substantive economy. Dr. Jyotishi will lead the India study, contribute to project conceptualization, help organize the in-person workshop, and co-coordinate development of full project proposal. Co-PI Holly Hapke, PhD is a geographer with expertise in international development, gender, food systems, and human-environment interactions. In her current position at UC Irvine, Dr. Hapke facilitates the development of inter- and transdisciplinary team science research projects. She will contribute to the project conceptually, support the organization of virtual communication and the workshop in Colombo, and co-coordinate the production of a full project proposal.
Impact 'Rupturing Research: Challenges and Possibilities of Collaborative Research during a Pandemic' - (popular piece to be published by SSRC).
Start Year 2020
 
Description Ruptures, Gendered Adaptation and the Social Economy of Indian Ocean Fisheries 
Organisation Centre for Poverty Analysis
Country Sri Lanka 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Ajit Menon, Prabhakar Jayaprakash and Bhagath Singh A. are the collaborators on this SSRC funded initiative to develop a larger proposal for SSRC's Transregional Collaborative Research Grant call.
Collaborator Contribution The PI for the project is Gayathri Lokuge, PhD who is a Senior Researcher at CEPA and leads the Livelihood and Employment Research Cluster. Dr. Lokuge will lead the Sri Lanka study, coordinate all phases of the project and oversee the organization of the workshop in Sri Lanka and full proposal development. Co-PI Amalendu Jyotishi, PhD is an institutional economist and Professor at the School of Development, Azim Premji University (Bangalore, India) who studies fish for food security, dried fish value chains, commons, and substantive economy. Dr. Jyotishi will lead the India study, contribute to project conceptualization, help organize the in-person workshop, and co-coordinate the development of full project proposal. Co-PI Holly Hapke, PhD is a geographer with expertise in international development, gender, food systems, and human-environment interactions. In her current position at UC Irvine, Dr. Hapke facilitates the development of inter- and transdisciplinary team science research projects. She will contribute to the project conceptually, support the organization of virtual communication and the workshop in Colombo, and co-coordinate the production of a full project proposal.
Impact As part of the output, we (Ajit Menon, Prabhakar Jayaprakash and Bhagath Singh A. as part of a larger team) have written a paper titled 'Organizing against Dispossession: Collective Action to Support Actors in Small-scale Fisheries Food Systems of the Indian Ocean', which will be published as part of a special issue on Small-scale Fishing Communities for Justice and Sustainability: Opportunities for Food Systems Transformation in the journal Maritime Studies
Start Year 2021
 
Description Three German Master students supervised by Maarten Bavinck conducted research 
Organisation French Institute of Pondicherry
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Three German Master students supervised by Maarten Bavinck conducted research on the impact of fishing harbours in Cuddalore District on the surrounding fishing population; this took place in collaboration with the French Institute of Pondicherry under a 3-year agreement; results expected in 2024
Collaborator Contribution Three German Master students supervised by Maarten Bavinck conducted research on the impact of fishing harbours in Cuddalore District on the surrounding fishing population; this took place in collaboration with the French Institute of Pondicherry under a 3-year agreement; results expected in 2024
Impact Results expected in 2024
Start Year 2021
 
Description 'Coastal transformations' exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Paudel, Finstad, Bavinck and Lawrence: contributions (text and photographs) to the content of the 'coastal transformations' exhibition organized by Natasa Rogelja-Caf and Martina Bofulin.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description 'Fishing Crews Today and Tomorrow', APPG on Fisheries hybrid event. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact (26/10/2022), Zoom and in-person presentation at 1 Parliament Street, London. Discussed current and possible future workforce demographics in the fishing industry. A range of speakers exploring recruitment, education, and transferable skills in the industry. Presentations followed by opportunities to ask questions and engage with speakers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rot0tJGm_g
 
Description 'Interviewing "hard to reach" stakeholders: Lessons from social research on UK migrant fishing labour'. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact (10/10/2022), Online presentation to public sector organizations. Presented by Carole White.
• Session on lessons from social research methods including interviews and focus groups which can be transferable to engaging with the fishing industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description 'Why Political Ecology and What Does Doing Political Ecology Mean?' - Ajit Menon 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ajit Menon visited IFP from March 15-19 and gave a lecture on March 18, 2022, on 'Why Political Ecology and What Does Doing Political Ecology Mean?'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description (Trans)Ports: The Internal Life and External Reach of Indian Ocean Port Cities - Equip (IFP) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Held by IFP members - Collaboration with the Research Group - Henry Luce Foundation New York University Project, Center for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai: 2 day workshop and roundtable to formalize collaboration; organization of a field visit to the sites of investigation located in Cuddalore district, January 2020. Future collaboration between the parties is to be formalized
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Activism and research: Challenges and Opportunities on the Coramandel Coast by Senthil Babu D 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a seminar presentation on Activism and research: Challenges and Opportunities on the Coramandel Coast by Senthil Babu D at Coastal Development and Coastal Livelihoods, New York University - Shanghai. March 18, 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Addressing the challenges of the coastal area of Tamil Nadu. An interdisciplinary and transversal approach 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This keynote speech was presented in the International Conference by Nicolas Bautès Equip (IFP) on "Changing Contours of Blue Economy-Promises and Challenges" (ICBE-2019), Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, 6th February 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BOFULIN Martina: Tides of change : introduction. A talk at the konferenci IUAES 2020 Conference "Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation anthropology, panel "The Tides of Change: Living off and with Heritage on the Coast", Šibenik, Croatia, 9.-14. mar. 2021. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The talk was an introduction to a panel organized by Fishercoast project members. Nataša Rogelja, Martina Bofulin (both ZRC SAZU) and Nicolas Bautes (French Institute Pondicherry) have convened a panel "The Tides of Change: Living off and with Heritage on the Coast" at the biannual virtual conference of IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) that addressed the role of heritagization amid coastal transformations. Initially, researchers from UK, India and Japan submitted their papers, but due to Covid-19 measures and the inability of conducting fieldwork, a number of them withdraw from the panel. Four papers, resulting from the project FisherCoast (India - Europe science platform Equip) were presented at the end, highlighting the research methodology of >>following the thing<< by Ian Cook. The papers addressed the social life of selected fish species (farmed seabass and mullet in Slovenia, Bombay duck in the western coast of India and oil sardine in the eastern coast of India). Nataša Rogelja, Martina Bofulin and Primož Pipan presented a paper >>Following mullet and seabass: Movement, stasis and borders in the North Adriatic<<.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dediscina.zrc-sazu.si/en/2021/03/panel-at-iuaes-living-off-and-with-heritage-on-the-coast/#p...
 
Description Bavinck: Organization of three panels at MARE conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bavinck: Organization of three panels at MARE conference (28/6 - 2/7/2021), on 'Sensitizing sustainable ocean development to social equality' (with Yoshitaka Ota); 'Privatising the coast and the ocean?' (with Achim Schlüter); and 'the contributions of small pelagics to food and nutrition security' (with Derek Johnson).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://marecentre.nl/2021-conference/
 
Description Coastal Cities and Climate Change: Pathways to Transformation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Presented a talk on Coastal Cities and Climate Change: Pathways to Transformation, "International Conference- Climate Crisis 2.0: Mobilizing Finance for Coastal Cities", Mumbai First with the support of the Government of Maharashtra, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, European Union & Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands, 12 May 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Coastal Development and Coastal Livelihoods 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This Webinar will be hosted by Vidhya Raveendranathan as part of the New York Center for Global Asia series. It features the EquiP project (Madras Institute of Development Studies/ French Institute Pondicherry) and R. Sridhar
This webinar will include the following panel presentations
The Vision of the Blue Economy on the East Coast, S.Sridhar.
Industrializing Cuddalore: The State, Private Capital and the Promises of Development, Ajit Menon and Arun Kumar A. S.
Frictions Among Fishing Settlements: Two Case Studies from the Coromandel, Bhagat Singh, Nicolas Bautès, Prabhakar Jayaprakash
Activism and research: Challenges and Opportunities on the Coramandel Coast, Senthil Babu D.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://wp.nyu.edu/cga/2021/02/25/panel-abstracts-and-bios/
 
Description Coastal Transformation and Sustainability: Innovating Water-Energy-Food Nexus through Integrated Coastal Management 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Presented a talk on Coastal Transformation and Sustainability: Innovating Water-Energy-Food Nexus through Integrated Coastal Management, International Conference: Systems Analysis in Asia: Enabling Integrated Policy Making, TIFAC-IIASA, Scope Complex Lodi Marg, New Delhi , 10-12 Aug 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Coastal Vulnerability in South East India, SAP-DRS-ll 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This was a special lecture given by Muthusankar G. (Equip - IFP) at Department of Geography, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli and this lecture was given to those people who are interested in knowing about coastal vulnerabilities in South East Asia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Coastal zone multi-hazard vulnerability assessment along the South-East coast of India 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation was given by Muthusankar G. (Equip- IFP) at a workshop organized by, "The Alliance of Mexican Indian Geoscientific Opportunities (AMIGOs)" which organized 1st workshop on water, climate change and natural disaster at the main campus of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Mexico City (MEXICO). 29 - 31May 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Collaborative Centre for the Sustainable Use of the Seas (CCSUS) meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Introductory presentation given on the Fishercoast project on the 11th Dec at the Collaborative Centre for the Sustainable Use of the Seas (CCSUS) meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Collage exhibition "Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The exhibition was on display at the University of East Anglia throughout February 2023 and consisted of an art installation using participatory collage and fishing nets. The collages were produced by research participants residents in Great Yarmouth, and expressed their own views, perceptions and memories of the past of fishing in the region.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://stories.uea.ac.uk/heritage-and-imaginaries-of-the-coast/
 
Description Collage workshop with University Postgraduate and Undergraduate students, using the example of the project collage exhibition "Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact International Development UG and PG students, as well as staff, met with Maria Abranches to view and discuss the exhibition "Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast", and the FisherCoast project more broadly. With the collaboration of collage artist Pushkin, who also collaborated in the project exhibition, students and staff then used collage to express their own development concerns.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Combined impact effects of climate and land use changes on groundwater quality in coastal aquifers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact It was a presentation by Muthusankar G. (Equip-IFP) at DST-SERB & DAE - BRNS Sponsored 3 days National Level Workshop on "Recent Advancement in Water Quality Monitoring and Sustainable Management for Human Health Care" at Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a selection of a panel coordinated by Natasa Rojela, Martina Bofulin and Nicolas Bautès in the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 2020, to be held in Šibenik (Croatia), entitled: "The Tides of Change: Living Off and with Heritage on the Coast". Launch of the call for participants and selection of papers. https://iuaes2020.conventuscredo.hr/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Communicating Coastal Ecologies: launch of bilingual podcast Alainagaram 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Focused on the Covid -19 crisis and fisheries management. Introduction by Ajantha Subramanium and talk by Senthil Babu provided insights to approach fisheries in Tamilnadu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicating-coastal-ecologies-launch-of-bilingual-podcast-alainagar...
 
Description Communicating Coastal Ecologies: launch of bilingual podcast Alainagaram, Podcast by Department of Geography and Environment, LSE 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Introduction by Ajantha Subramanium and talk by Senthil Babu provided a insights to approach fisheries in Tamilnadu. Focused on the Covid -19 crisis and fisheries management.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicating-coastal-ecologies-launch-of-bilingual-podcast-alainagar...
 
Description Conference presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Paper Title: Far from invisible: Women, Risk-taking and the expansion of fisheries technologies in South India
Paper Abstract:
Technological innovations in fisheries have generally been seen to exclude women, exacerbating both their economic marginalisation and lack of political voice. Such a view however ignores the complexities underpinning the interface between technologies and social relationships, in particular, those of gender. Political economy issues of labour, trade, production, investment, resource governance, and the unequal power relations therein, all shape the processes of technology adoption and expansion, with some uncertainty in the direction of change. In this paper, we explore the impact of ring seine expansion across the east coast of Tamil Nadu, through the experiences of women fish auctioneers. We argue that far from playing a supportive, buffering role, women's contributions to the fisheries sector as auctioneers serves to both sustain and finance the expansion of the ring seine technology. The profitability of auctioneer work has transformed these women into the primary household providers, responsible for securing the intergenerational wellbeing of their extended families. Yet, women are not a homogenous group, hence exploring why some women are able to access these opportunities, while others are excluded, illuminates how women navigate gendered constraints in relation to technological changes in the sector. We conclude by reflecting on the impact of a recent ban on ring seine technology for the perceived wellbeing and growing indebtedness of these women.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://marecentre.nl/2023-people-the-sea-conference/
 
Description Conference presentation IUAES 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Panel presentation at the Institute of Anthropological Research (Croatia) IUAES2020 Congress in the panel entitled TIDES OF CHANGE: LIVING OFF AND WITH HERITAGE ON THE COAST. Paper title:What happened to the fishing school?: Migration, educational choices, and perceptions of wellbeing in a traditional fishing community in Western India

Included as core reading for a new MA module on Migration, Education and Development at the Institute of Education, University of London.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Conference presentation by Nitya Rao 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Fishing in distant waters: Gendered discourses of resource access, skill and wellbeing on the west coast of Tamil Nadu, India. 10th People and the Sea Conference, MARE, Amsterdam, June 27th 2019.
This activity involved presenting some insights from research activity at an international conference.
About 40-50 people attended this session and engaged in discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Conservation significance of endemic vascular plants of Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest (TDEF) of Southern India. By N. Balachandran, M Anbarashan, P. Uma Maheswari. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented paper Conservation significance of endemic vascular plants of Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest (TDEF) of Southern India. By N. Balachandran, M Anbarashan, P. Uma Maheswari at Association For Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia Pacific Conference from 10-13 September 2019, MAS Athena, Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Covid lockdown and crisis of the small scale fishers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bhagath Singh A. and Prabhakar Jayaprakash. Covid lockdown and crisis of the small scale fishers. "2.14 ?????? ??????????? ????????????? ????????? ????? ?????? - ???????????? ?????"
A popular article published in a widely read Tamil magazine during the peak of pandemic.
The article helped draw attention of the State and concerned departments to the plight of small scale fishers during the lockdown periods and argued for various remedial measures in popular media.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.vikatan.com/news/tamilnadu/lockdown-poses-danger-to-tn-fishermen
 
Description D.Parthasarathy, "Climate Change and Coastal Cities: Reimagining Infrastructure Resilience" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact D.Parthasarathy, "Climate Change and Coastal Cities: Reimagining Infrastructure Resilience", Webinar on Climate Change, Flooding and Infrastructure Resilience, Austria and India Online Conference, Hosted by Embassy of India, Vienna, Exparch, University of Innsbruck, & Thinking Hand, India, 12 Dec 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description D.Parthasarathy, Arun Inamdar, Shibaji Bose, Jai Bhadgaonkar, and Ketaki Tare, - Coastal Transformation and Fisher Well-being: Innovating Digital Exhibitions for Knowledge Co-Production 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact D.Parthasarathy, Arun Inamdar, Shibaji Bose, Jai Bhadgaonkar, and Ketaki Tare, "Coastal Transformation and Fisher Well-being: Innovating Digital Exhibitions for Knowledge Co-Production", Poster and Paper presentation, American Alliance of Museums 2022 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, 19-22 May, Boston
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Development Finance - workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Arun Kumar and Bhagat Singh (from IFP) attended a workshop on, "Development Finance- Understanding State of Indian economy, strength and challenges of development finance and financial institutions, held at Sambhaavnaa Institute, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, from November 8-11, 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Development Finance with the Centre for Financial Accountability 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Organization of a 2-day workshop held at the French Institute of Pondicherry for Equip (IFP), on August 19, 20 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Disappearing Beaches and Livelihoods of Artisanal Fishers 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Supported the Photographic and art Exhibition by a Ph D Student from the German Institute for Development and Sustainability at French Institute of Pondicherry starting from 12th Feb 2024 till 19th Feb 2024.
The visitors to the exhibition were elucidated on the man made disasters of coastal erosion through illuminating photographs and art works.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023,2024
 
Description Educational Field vist by Azim Premhi University UCZ Elective Students:Orientation on Fisheries and Fishing commuities 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact crisis and fisheries management. A student from the course took up vulnerabilities in fishing as her PG dissertation work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Energy Finance 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Ajit Menon, Senthil Babu, Mehala S, Arun Kumar and Bhagath Singh (from IFP and MIDS) attended a 2-day conference on "Energy Finance " in IIT, Madras, on August 16-17, 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description FISHERCOAST Team Workshop and Project Meeting (Equip) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact All teams across various work packgages participated in this Fishercoast's second team workshop took place at the French Institute (IFP), Pondicherry, India, between the 11th to 14th of February, 2020. The workshop was jointly organized by the IFP and Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://site.uit.no/fishercoast/pondicherry-workshop-ifp/
 
Description Fine-scale Assessment of Changes in Zonations of Species for the Management of Imperiled Mangroves, Pichavaram, India 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This paper was presented by Proisy, C., Ghosh, S., Muthusankar, G., Helfer, V., Hassenrück, C., Carle, J., Narendran, R., James, A., Lakshmanan, C., Kathiresan, K., Madeswaran, P., and Usha, T. in the 5th International Mangrove, Macrobenthos and Management Meeting, Singapore, July 1 - 5.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Fish Workers and Coastal Transformation: Sharing Perspectives Workshop for Vernacular writes from Coastal Tamil Nadu 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Drawing parallels between the academic and wirters/activists world on understanding coastal communities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description FisherCoast Online Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This online exhibition collates together examples of coastal transformations from India, Norway, the UK, and Slovenia, highlighting continuity and change through satellite map images, statistics, life histories, ethnographic films, and archival and photo materials.
It was jointly produced by members of the FisherCoast team and curated by Dr Nataša Rogelja Caf and Dr Martina Bofulin, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts.
The exhibit was launched on the Policy Day at MARE2021: People and the Sea International conference. It was also publicised in local and national channels across the partner countries (including on the Slovene Maritime Museum website, social media and mainsteam media, university/institution webpages).
The Exhibit is still ongoing and so far we have had 16,000 views and just under 800 users, predominantly from Slovenia, India and the UK.
The exhibit was recommended for submission for Netko (Slovene competition for the best educational webpage). We are awaiting results.
Feedback has been positive, and the Slovene Ethnographic Museum as well as Maritime Museum Piran, Slovenia were particuarly impressed with the exhibition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://fishercoast.si/
 
Description Fisheries governance/instruments - Bavinck, M. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Maarten Bavinck visited the French Institute of Pondicherry from January 31 to February 28, 2022, interacting with CoastalProf coordinator and senior colleagues, coaching junior colleagues and giving a presentation on Feb 18th on the topic - Fisheries governance/instruments (Feb 18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Frictions Among Fishing Settlements: Two Case Studies from the Coromandel by Bhagat Singh, Nicolas Bautès, Prabhakar Jayaprakash 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a seminar presentation on Frictions Among Fishing Settlements: Two Case Studies from the Coromandel by Bhagat Singh, Nicolas Bautès, Prabhakar Jayaprakash at Coastal Development and Coastal Livelihoods, New York University - Shanghai. March 18, 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Guest talk: Undestanding Resources and Assets through Female Fish Vendors in Cuddalore 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A guest lecture talk was given to an undergraduate audience at Bournemouth University. This included sharing findings from the Fishercoast project and the recently published paper, (Rao and Djohari (2023) 'Both visible and invisible: Women, Risk-taking and the expansion of fisheries technologies in South India'), and showing the short film made for Fishercaost, 'Veni's story' on the lives of female auctioneers in Cuddalore. Students were interested in understanding how women are often invisible in fishery policy and decision making. Feedback received was that the talk has sparked widespread engagement and discussion among students in seminar groups and the film was particularly effective at communicating the impact of new fishery technologies. Students changed their initial assumptiona and views about fishery technologies into a more complex understanding of assets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Heritage and hesitant urban production in Pondicherry: Flirting with urban coastal villages >>, Conference URBAN-ARC, Beyond Binaries. Towards New Conceptual Frameworks in the Urban - by BAUTES, N., LALITHA, M.*, RAMAKRISHNA, D. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 2022 BAUTES, N., LALITHA, M.*, RAMAKRISHNA, D.*, << Heritage and hesitant urban production in Pondicherry: Flirting with urban coastal villages >>, Conference URBAN-ARC, Beyond Binaries. Towards New Conceptual Frameworks in the Urban, Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bangalore, 15 Jan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Heritage, communities, sustainability 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This paper was presented at the 5th Pondicherry Winter School in Social Sciences, organized at IFP (by Faculty from IFP) entitled "Reconstructing histories: theories, methods, and practices", with the contribution of fishermen, activists, and research scholars. 20 students were involved in reflecting and investigating the lives and identities of fisher folks in Tamil Nadu. 2-6 December 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Heriteization of fish : images and stories in the North Adriatic : predavanje na kongresu 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This paper was presented by - Rogelja, Nataša (Research centre SAZU) in the conference, "Track Changes Reflecting on a Transforming World" , 14th Congress of SIEF, 14.-17. Apr. 2019, Santiago de Compostella.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2019/panels#7241
 
Description Il pesce sulla tavola del popolo sloveno : patrimonio, politiche, economie e prassi individuali = Ribe na krožniku slovenskega naroda : dedišcine, politike, ekonomije in prakse posameznikov = Fish on the plate : the legacies, politics and individual practices in Slovenia. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a paper presented by ROGELJA, Nataša at the International conference on 24.10.2019, Sala convegni, konferencna dvorana, conference hall Roberto Gusmani, via, ulica, street T. Petracco 8, Udine, Viden, Udine. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU. 2019, str. 16.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on Groundwater Quality in Coastal Aquifers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Special lecture delivered by Muthu Sankar G, at the Indo-U.S. Science and technology Froum (IUUSTF) Sponsored 3 days INDO-U.S bilateral Workshop on "Integrated Hydro chemical Modeling for Sustainable Development and management of water supply aquifers" at Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jan 2020, Coimbatore, India
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Indo-German Research Forum on Climate Policy & Climate Action: National and Local Dimensions in Germany and India, Indo-German Partnership Program in Higher Education, 17 Dec 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact 50 participants attended the Indo-German Research Forum on Climate Policy & Climate Action: National and Local Dimensions in Germany and India, Indo-German Partnership Program in Higher Education, 17 Dec 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Industrialisation gone wrong in coastal Cuddalore 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Emphasis the impact of a thermal-based power plant in the study region.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://india.mongabay.com/2021/12/commentary-industrialisation-gone-wrong-in-coastal-cuddalore/
 
Description Industrializing Cuddalore: The State, Private Capital and the Promises of Development by Ajit Menon and Arunkumar A. S. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a seminar presentation on Industrializing Cuddalore: The State, Private Capital and the Promises of Development by Ajit Menon and Arunkumar A. S. at Coastal Development and Coastal Livelihoods, New York University - Shanghai. March 18, 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Interview for BBC Radio 4 Farming Today on changes to transit visas and the abuse of migrant fishers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Dr Djohari was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Faming Today program about findings from the Fishercoast project relating to the abuse of migrant fishermen. Her interview followed the Minister for Fishing and Farming's statement on upcoming changes to the skilled worker visa that would reduce current use of transit visas in the fishing industry. Dr Djohari reflected on this change and pointed out how findings from the Fishercoast research showed that while removal of the transit visa loophole was a start, far more needed to be done to change the culture of the industry which rendered forms of coercion and control invisible.
An estimated one million people listen to the BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme. The interview was intended to disseminate findings from the research to a wide public audience and highlight it's relvance for policy discussions.
There are no known outcomes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hfg2
 
Description Interview on BBC Radio Norfolk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Carole White interviewed on BBC Norfolk on the 27th October in the morning about the ethnographic film "The Shauls" which was presented at an event in Parliament on the 26th October
https://twitter.com/BBCNorfolk/status/1585500298197581824?s=20
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d4gss2
 
Description Interview on BBC Radio Suffolk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Carole White interviewed on BBC Suffolk on the 26th October in the morning about the ethnographic film "The Shauls" which was presented at an event in Parliament on the 26th October
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d4gbcr
 
Description Interview with journalist from The Economist for article on labour issues in UK fisheries 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview for an article in The Economist about the transformation of UK coastal communities and impacts on social wellbeing, particularly in relation to labour issues. Article will be published later in March or April
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka, ROGELJA, Nataša 2021, "Golden coins, hard bread or wild times" : fishers' narratives on transgression and transformation of borders and boundaries in the Eastern Adriatic. Breaking the rules? : power, participation, and transgression : SIEF2021 15th Congress : Helsinki, Finland, 19-24 June 2021. Helsinki: International Society for Ethnology and Folklore. 2021. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The contribution presents fisheries in the Slovenian coastal towns in Istria, where many territorial, administrative and identities borders and boundaries intersect. We explore how narratives on transformation and transgression of borders are reflected by fishers and in the landscape.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2021/panels#9683
 
Description Kasthala, Sindhuja, P. Pallavi, Devanathan Parthasarathy, Arun B. Inamdar, and K. Narayanan. "Land Use Land Cover change classification using LISS 4 imagery and support vector machine: A case study of Palghar coast, India." 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Kasthala, Sindhuja, P. Pallavi, Devanathan Parthasarathy, Arun B. Inamdar, and K. Narayanan. presented a paper on "Land Use Land Cover change classification using LISS 4 imagery and support vector machine: A case study of Palghar coast, India." In Fall Meeting 2022. AGU, 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description L'espace rétréci. La production de l'urbain en prise avec les mondes sociaux de la pêche : illustrations sur les littoraux de Pondichéry et du Tamil Nadu, Inde - by Bautes N. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 2022 BAUTES, N., << L'espace rétréci. La production de l'urbain en prise avec les mondes sociaux de la pêche : illustrations sur les littoraux de Pondichéry et du Tamil Nadu, Inde >>, Research seminar << Construire la critique du développement : discours, actions, terrains >>, EHESS, 25 Jan..
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Looking for Integrated Conservation and Development of the Coramandel Coastal Wetlands: The case Study of Kalivelli (Tamil Nadu, South India) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This paper was presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal research with special reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019)17-19 Dec 2019, Chennai, India. It was presented by R. Mathevet, E. Desmots, , P. Anbarasan, N. Balachandran, G. Muthusankar, C. Proisy, S. Ghosh, and Bautès (all from Equip-IFP)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Looking for Integrated Conservation and Development of the Coramandel Coastal Wetlands: The case Study of Kaluveli (Tamil Nadu, South India). Raphael Mathevet, Elea Desmots, Anbarashan M, Balachandran N, G. Muthusankar, et al.. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a paper presented on Looking for Integrated Conservation and Development of the Coramandel Coastal Wetlands: The case Study of Kaluveli (Tamil Nadu, South India). Raphael Mathevet, Elea Desmots, Anbarashan M, Balachandran N, G. Muthusankar, et al.. at International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019) jointly organized by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) in Chennai from 17th to 19th December 2019, Dec 2019, Chennai, India.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description MARE 2021 - Capital Transition, Shrimp Farms, Local Elites and the Discourse of Salinity in Coastal South India by Arunkumar A S, Ajit Menon, Nithya.K and Shakila. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a paper presented at the MARE Conference 2021- People and the Sea, Amsterdam. (June 28 - July 02, 2021)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description MARE 2021 - Deep Sea Fishing Project - A capitalist project in the costume of moral economy. By Bhagat Singh, Nicolas Bautès, Prabhakar Jayaprakash 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Paper presentation at MARE 2021- People and the Sea, Amsterdam. Papers presented June 28 - July 02, 2021 - Deep Sea Fishing Project - A capitalist project in the costume of moral economy. By Bhagat Singh, Nicolas Bautès, Prabhakar Jayaprakash
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description MARE 2021 - Industrializing the Coast: Neo-liberal Development and Coastal Communities in South India by Ajit Menon, Arunkumar A S, Nithya.K and Shakila. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Paper presented at MARE 2021- People and the Sea, Amsterdam. June 28 - July 02, 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Mapping Spatial Changes in the Pichavaram mangrove from 2003 Onwards Using Very High Resolution Images, Tamil nadu Coast, India 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This paper was presented by S. Ghosh, C. Proisy, G. Muthusankar. Equip(IFP) at the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal research with special reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019)17-19 Dec 2019, Chennai, India. It sparked questions and discussion related to this topic
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Mapping and Assessing the Land Cover and Land Use of a fragile Coastal Landscape, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India. Anbarashan M, N. Balachandran, Raphael Mathevet, G Muthusankar, Ghosh S, et al.. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a paper presented on Mapping and Assessing the Land Cover and Land Use of a fragile Coastal Landscape, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India by Anbarashan M, N. Balachandran, Raphael Mathevet, G Muthusankar, Ghosh S, et al. at the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019), National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR); National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT); Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Dec 2019, Chennai, India.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Meeting at the Time and Tide museum to discuss exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact We engaged with the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth about the heritage of the herring fishing industry and links to Scotland. This will lead to working together on an exhibition in 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/time-tide
 
Description Muthusankar G., A review of the effectiveness of some Asian mangrove restoration initiatives 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Muthusankar, g. delivered an invited talk in the 5thInternational Conference of Environmental Resesearchers Group, IPN - CIMA 2023 "Our Planet & Our Future", 15th to 18th November, 2023, Boca dei Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, on the title A review of the effectiveness of some Asian mangrove restoration initiatives"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Old Cities, New Risks 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact IIT Mumbai organized this Roundtable as a Co-Convener on "Old Cities, New Risks", TAPESTRY Project, 26 August 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description On the urgent vulnerability assessment of the Coromandel coast of India threatened by increasing and combined environmental and human pressures 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This paper was presented by G. Muthusankar, C. Proisy, S. Ghosh, R. Mathevet, N. Balachandran, P. Anbarasan, and C. Lakshumanan (all from IFP) at the International Symposium on Advances in Coastal research with special reference to Indo-Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019)17-19 Dec 2019, Chennai, India.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description One sea, three contenders - looking back over 25 years - Bavinck, M. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Maarten Bavinck visited the French Institute of Pondicherry from January 31 to February 28, 2022, interacting with CoastalProf coordinator and senior colleagues, coaching junior colleagues and giving two presentations. One presentation was about - One sea, three contenders' - looking back over 25 years (Feb 21).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Organisation of kick-off conference for FisherCoast project (Equip) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact All the teams across work packages participated. This was a workshop organizing of kick-off conference FISHERCOAST, 9.4. 2019, Atrij ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://isim.zrc-sazu.si/sl/dogodki/fishercoast-odskocna-konferenca#v
 
Description Pallavi, P., Sindhuja Kasthala, Devanathan Parthasarathy, K. Narayanan, and Arun B. Inamdar. "Decadal Shoreline Change Detection Using Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS): The Case of Northern Maharashtra, India." 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Pallavi, P., Sindhuja Kasthala, Devanathan Parthasarathy, K. Narayanan, and Arun B. Inamdar:- presented a paper on "Decadal Shoreline Change Detection Using Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS): The Case of Northern Maharashtra, India." In Fall Meeting 2022. AGU, 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Panel proposal to the MARE Conference, 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Proposed Panel at the Mare Conference, 28 June - 2 July, 2021 (organized by Ajit Menon and D. Parthasarathy - Title Panel - Industries and Infrastructures: Coastal Transformation and Contested Development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Panel proposal to the MARE Conference, 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A panel proposal has been submitted to the MARE Conference People and the Sea Theme 1 on Blue Livelihoods. The panel is titled 'Migration, Precarity and the Search for Social Mobility: Coastal transformations and labour relations in the fishing industry during the last century'. It includes 5 papers from the UK, Slovenia, Norway and India to point to historical and comparative perspectives in labour mobilities in the fisheries sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Paper presentation at Mare 2021 conference - Foreign workers in the North Norwegian seafood industries: A historical perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Paper presented by Finstad: "Foreign workers in the North Norwegian seafood industries: A historical perspective" (MARE conference, June 30, 2021)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://marecentre.nl/2021-conference/
 
Description Paper presentation at Mare 2021 conference - Spatio-temporal pattern of fishing behavior in Barents Sea (2011 - 2018) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Paudel, KP, Ommundsen, VL and Johnsen, JP Spatio-temporal pattern of fishing behavior in Barents Sea (2011 - 2018). MARE People and the Sea Conference (28/6 - 2/7/2021)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://marecentre.nl/2021-conference/
 
Description Paper presentation at Mare 2021 conference: 'The Work was Hard and the Hours were Long': Work, Precarity and Migration in Britain's East Coast Herring Industry, 1890s-1930s 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation of a research paper sharing historical knowledge with an intredisciplinary audience. The paper was well received and audience questions were answered.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://marecentre.nl/2021-conference/
 
Description Paper presentation at Mare 2021 conference: How the socio-cultural practices of fishing obscure micro-disciplinary, verbal and psychological abuse of migrant fishers in North East Scotland. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation was intended to share our research findings about the barriers to protecting migrant rights/wellbeing and to promote our forthcoming paper. The audience was interested in hearing more and identified some aspects that resonated with their own findings in other countries.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://marecentre.nl/2021-conference/
 
Description Pathways To Transformation And Marginalised Environments 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Co-Organizer: Pathways To Transformation And Marginalised Environments: National Roundtable, Together With All Indian Institute Of Disaster Management, Ahmedabad, Friday, January 6, 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Pescar, viver e imaginar-se na Costa Coromandel (Tamil Nadu, India). Reflexão liminar a partir do projeto FisherCoast (Equip) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This paper is to be presented by Nicolas Bautès Equip(IFP) at a conference to be held in Campos de Goytataz, UENF/Universidade Federal Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Brazil, 17 April 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Photo essay and short films 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Lawrence: contributions to Nitya Rao's photo essay and short films between July 26 - 30th 2021 at the harbor.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ROGELJA Nataša, BOFULIN, Martina, BAUTES, Nicolas 2021. Organisation of panel "The Tides of Change: Living off and with Heritage on the Coast", IUAES 2021 "Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation anthropology" Šibenik, Croatia, 9.-14. Mar. 2021. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A panel was organized
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dediscina.zrc-sazu.si/en/2021/03/panel-at-iuaes-living-off-and-with-heritage-on-the-coast/#p...
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša 2019. Heriteization of fish: images and stories in the North Adriatic 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This was a paper presented at the conference "Track Changes Reflecting on a Transforming World", 14th Congress of SIEF, 14.-17. Apr. 2019, Santiago de Compostella.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2019/panels#7241
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša 2019. Il pesce sulla tavola del popolo sloveno: patrimonio, politiche, economie e prassi individuali = Ribe na krožniku slovenskega naroda : dedišcine, politike, ekonomije in prakse posameznikov = Fish on the plate : the legacies, politics and individual practices in Slovenia. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact ROGELJA, Nataša 2019. Il pesce sulla tavola del popolo sloveno: patrimonio, politiche, economie e prassi individuali = Ribe na krožniku slovenskega naroda : dedišcine, politike, ekonomije in prakse posameznikov = Fish on the plate : the legacies, politics and individual practices in Slovenia. In: DAPIT, Roberto (ed.), et al. Il patrimonio alimentare nell'area di contatto fra le Alpi e l'Adriatico : conferenza internazionale = Dedišcina prehrane na sticišcu Alp in Jadrana : mednarodna konferenca = Food heritage at the crossroads of the Alps and the Adriatic : international conference : 24. 10. 2019, Sala convegni, konferencna dvorana, conference hall Roberto Gusmani, via, ulica, street T. Petracco 8, Udine, Viden, Udine. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, p. 16.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://dediscina.zrc-sazu.si/en/2019/10/international-conference-food-heritage-at-the-crossroads-of...
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša 2021: Po poti štirih rib: meje, dedišcine in (ne)mobinosti v SV Jadranu/ The paths of four fish species: borders, heritage and (im)mobility in NE Adriatic. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact ROGELJA, Nataša 2021: Po poti štirih rib: meje, dedišcine in (ne)mobinosti v SV Jadranu/ The paths of four fish species: borders, heritage and (im)mobility in NE Adriatic. Invited lecture at ERUDIO College, 1. Dec. 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša, BOFULIN, Martina: Kako je ribištvo spodbudilo emancipacijo žensk? / How has the fishing supported the women emancipation? Delo.si. 22. sep. 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The intended purpose was to disseminate the findings and results of Fishercoast project. As Delo is the most prominent Slovenian newspaper, it gave the project a lot of visibility. The interviewees (Nataša Rogelja Caf, Martina Bofulin, both Fishercoast team members) have reflected on the different reasons and effects coastal transformations have across different research sites highlighting also the gender aspect. The visibility of the interview led to increase visits of the virtual exhibition Co
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.delo.si/magazin/zanimivosti/kako-je-ribistvo-spodbudilo-emancipacijo-zensk/.
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša, JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka 2021. Migration and Slovene fishing: a complicated (hi)story: presentation of paper at 11th MARE People and the Sea Conference, 28. Jun -2 Jul, 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ROGELJA, Nataša, JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka 2021. Migration and Slovene fishing: a complicated (hi)story: presentation of paper at 11th MARE People and the Sea Conference, 28. jun.-2. jul. 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša, JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka: Migration and Slovene fishing : a complicated (hi)story: talk at 11th MARE People and the Sea Conference, 28. jun.-2. jul. 2021, online (Nataša 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact MARE conferences are international biannual events that gather wide array of scholars and experts working on the maritime and fisheries issues. The purpose of the presentation was to highlight the role of heritage in coastal transformations and coastal management. 20 people were listening the presentation and took part in discussion, while plans for further publications were made.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša, PIPAN, Primož. , Martina Bofulin Following mullet and seabass : movement, stasis and borders in the North Adriatic : IUAES conference "Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation anthropology, panel "The Tides of Change: Living off and with Heritage on the Coast", Šibenik, Croatia 9.-14. Mar. 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The paper addressed the social life of selected fish species (farmed seabass and mullet in Slovenia). In a discussion, we compared results and fish stories with other research from the FisherCoast project and other fish species and changes in the consumer chain they underwent (Bombay duck in the western coast of India and oil sardine in the eastern coast of India).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dediscina.zrc-sazu.si/en/2021/03/panel-at-iuaes-living-off-and-with-heritage-on-the-coast/#p...
 
Description ROGELJA, Nataša: Po poti štirih rib: meje, dedišcine in (ne)mobinosti v SV Jadranu/ The paths of four fish species: borders, heritage and (im)mobility in NE Adriatic: invited lecture at ERUDIO College, 1. dec. 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A lecture was given to the 20 students to put focus on the importance of fish for food safety and food production in the vicinity of the Adriatic sea. The discussion afterwards exhibited a growing understanding of coastal transformations among students and the need for more such topics in the curricula
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Radio Interview with Maria Abranches - BBC Suffolk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Maria Abranches was interviewed for BBC Norfolk about the collage exhibition "Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast" which was on at the University of East Anglia throughout February 2023. The interview, which happened before the opening of the exhibition, focused on the outcomes of research with residents in Great Yarmouth exploring, through creative methods (collage), how they remember and/or experienced the past of fishing in the region and the changes that have occurred since the end of the industry. The aim was to advertise the exhibition widely and to invite viewers to come and reflect on how coastal residents can contribute to the changes that occur in the places where they live.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Radio Interview with Maria Abranches, Nitya Rao and project participant - BBC Norfolk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A reporter from BBC Norfolk attended the opening of the collage exhibition "Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast" and interviewed Maria Abranches and Nitya Rao, who talked about the history of fishing and the end of the industry in Great Yarmouth, UK, and how residents perceive the past and the future of town. The interviews also focused on the project results in Slovenia and India and how they compare. One project participant who authored one of the collages and attended the event was also interviewed and talked about the work they produced and their own experience of participating in the project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Reflections from the Field: Spatio-Temporal Changes in the Pichavaram Mangroves, Tamil Nadu, India; Assessing Severity of Environmental Threats and Efficacy of Restoration Measures 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Talk delivered by Shuvankar Gosh and Nicolas Bautes at the "Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure" Webinar organised by CDRI, USAID and USFS on Nature Based Solutions Vital for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, November 18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Research showcase meeting with Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted (World Fish) and CEFAS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The meeting was organised by UEA and hosted at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (CEFAS) with special guest Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted (World Fish). The intended purpose was to share ongoing research on fisheries and aquaculture at UEA and partner organisations, with the aim of opening a dialogue for future collaborations. The meeting was attended by representatives from DEFRA, CEFAS and World Fish, as well as academics working across departments at UEA. The full day's programme included a presentation of our research findings as part of the morning showcase, and a walk around the Fishercoast collage exhibit at the Time and Tide museum in the afternoon, where delegates were able to meet and talk with the local residents who has participated in the Fishercoast collage engagement activity. The day sparked much discussion around the potential avenues for future collaboratiev research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Seminar presentation by Nitya Rao 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Migration for capital accumulation: Changing class and gender dynamics among small-scale fishers in coastal Tamil Nadu. February 11th 2020. French Institute of Pondicherry and University of Pondicherry, Department of Women studies and Department of French.
About 40 people present, mainly students and researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Shared research findings with journalist from the Daily Record 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Responded to a journalist's request for further infomation about our research findings on the barriers to protecting migrant fishers in Scotland. We also shared our recent publication on this issue. The reporter is writing a piece on the Scottish fishing indust
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Southern North Sea Meeting 5th November 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Southern North Sea stakeholder group meeting, 10.30 am 6th November 2019
Location:
Red Kite Room, UNEX House, Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, PE1 1NG

AGENDA

1. Apologies
2. Minutes and Matters arising
3. Coastal transformations and fisher wellbeing: an introduction to the FisherCoast project; Carole White, UEA
4. Marine Protected Areas - update on designations, including Greater Wash SPA (NE and All)

5. Update on fisheries assessments and management and protecte areas byelaw (EIFCA)
6. Marine Plan update (MMO)
7. North Sea wind energy projects - Hornsea 3, Norfolk Vanguard & Boreas, Sheringham Shoal & Dudgeon extensions
8. Round Robin
9. AOB
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Sustainable Coastal Zone management 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Paper presented by Muthusankar G (Equip-IFP) at Centre for Disaster Management and Coastal Research, Bharathidasan University and The Alliance of Mexican Indian Geoscientific Opportunities (AMIGOs) in association with Department of Management Studies, Bharathidasan university Model College, Vedaranyam, which organized one day International workshop on "Global warming and its effects on water and Coastal disasters" 5th July 2019, Vedaranyam.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description TUM x IIT Bombay Research Forum 2022: Walking Together: Indo-German Dialogue on Common Risks and Shared Pathways to Sustainability • October 31 and November 3 & 4, 2022, TUM Campus München / online 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Panel discussion and dialogue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Tara Lawrence presentation on "Masculinities in Tamil Nadu capture fisheries" in MARE People and the Sea Conference 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact More than 50 people participated in the conference and the talk was about gender practices and violences in fishing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://marecentre.nl/2023-people-the-sea-conference/
 
Description Technological Imaginaries, Lived experiences and Unsustainable development in the Coromandel Coast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecture delivered by Balasubramanian D, as part of the Technology and Sustainable Development course for Postgraduate students of Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Mar 2021 and Mar 2022, India
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022
 
Description Technological Imaginaries, Lived experiences and Unsustainable development in the Coromandel Coast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecture delivered by Balasubramanian D, as part of the Technology and Sustainable Development course for Postgraduate students of Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Mar 2021 and Mar 2022, India
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description The Tides of Change: Living Off and With Heritage on the Coast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is a panel entitled "The Tides of Change: Living Off and With Heritage on the Coast" at the IUAES 2020 conference in Šibenik proposed by Nataša Rogelja Caf and Nicolas Bautes and it was accepted
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://iuaes2020.conventuscredo.hr/panel/panel-no-95/
 
Description The collage exhibition "Heritage and Memories of the Coast" featured in the regional community news website "Folk Features" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The regional magazine "Folk Features" wrote a piece on the exhibition resulting from the project, and it featured in their "positive stories of the week"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://folkfeatures.co.uk/curating-collages-of-a-coastal-heritage/
 
Description Tides of Change: Living off and with Heritage on the Coast ' by Bhagath Singh, Nicolas Bautes. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a paper presented at IUEAS congress 2020, Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology, Croatia. March 09-14, 2021 "Tides of Change: Living off and with Heritage on the Coast '' by Bhagath Singh, Nicolas Bautes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Transforming Coastal Communities: Present and Future 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact • Roundtable on Transforming Coastal Communities: Present and Future, August 23, 2022, Mumbai, Together With All Indian Institute Of Disaster Management, Ahmedabad
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Transforming Coastal Communities: Present and Future 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact • Roundtable on Transforming Coastal Communities: Present and Future, August 23, 2022, Mumbai, Together With All Indian Institute Of Disaster Management, Ahmedabad
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum North Street King's Lynn 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Talk at the archives of the Kings Lynn True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum where the archives are held for the Eastern Sea fisheries committees.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://truesyard.co.uk/
 
Description Virtual exhibition: "Coastal Transformations 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This display weaves together examples of coastal transformations from India, Norway, the UK, and Slovenia, highlighting continuity and change through satellite images, statistics, life histories, ethnographic films, and archival and photo materials. Various materials related to scientific research and presented in a simple and informative way attracted a broad audience (secondary schools, universities, research institutes (natural and social science-oriented) and other interested audience mainly from India, Slovenia, UK and USA - 16 000 views 800 users). The study room included in the virtual exhibition is of special importance for students and universities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Visual Research Output Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The collage installation that resulted from the arts-based research workshops on heritage with residents in Great Yarmouth was exhibited locally in three locations: PrimeYarc, Lloyds Bank Window and Time and Tide Museum. Given the central location of the Lloyds Bank in particular, it is likely to have been seen by a large number of members of the General Public but audience numbers are hard to predict. We have only received one completed audience feedback, which stated "What a fantastic exhibition! Great way to learn more about the history of Great Yarmouth, as well as how residents reflect on past and present. Very happy to hear that this will be on display at the Time and Tide museum."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022
 
Description Voices of the Global South: Aquatic food systems 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact (29/11/2022) [an online forum]. Facilitator: Nitya Rao, Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development (NISD) and University of East Anglia, School of International Development.
• To highlight the voices of women in the fishing sector. The event shared the realities of women working in these spaces, the challenges they confront, and potential solutions to address new and emerging challenges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Voices of the Global South: Whats changing for women fishers and fish workers? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Women fish workers and processors from four countries - India, Bangladesh, Uganda and Ghana - participated and shared their experiences and challenges, but also their achievements through collective action.
https://nisd.ac.uk/nisd-forum-calls-for-representation-of-global-south-womens-voices-in-aquatic-food-systems/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2fXtVC8d5Y&t=16s
 
Description Walking Together: Indo-German Dialogue on Common Risks and Shared Pathways to Sustainability 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact • Co-Convener, TUM x IIT Bombay Research Forum 2022: Walking Together: Indo-German Dialogue on Common Risks and Shared Pathways to Sustainability, October 31 and November 3 & 4, 2022, TUM Campus München / online
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Weekly working group FISHERCOAST - Equip (IFP) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact These weekly workgroups are held at the French Institute of Pondicherry, constituted by the team members, interns and researchers involved in the project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description Working group on Crafts Equip (IFP) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a 3 day workshop organized by IFP members under the "Working group on Crafts" and visit to the field sites of FisherCoast project in Cuddalore district. Gathered around 20 participants around processes of craft-making in Tamil Nadu, one concerning specifically the artisans making wooden boats. Held in December 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Workshop on Climate Resilience, co-organized by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the Inter-disciplinary Program in Climate Studies, IIT Bombay, 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact IIT Mumbai conducted this workshop on 25th Sep 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description paper presentation by Kohila Shenbagam and Nitya Rao 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The intersections of caste and labour: mobility and movement in a Dalit village, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. 13th International conference on labour history, 12-14 March 2020, New Delhi.

The abstract has been selected for presentation at the conference. The event however has not yet occurred, so difficult to define impact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020