The dissertation investigates the transformations of marine and maritime economies in the Comoros archipelago, with particular attention to the impact of ecological and development policies on artisanal fishing activities and, more broadly, on coastal communities. Focusing on everyday work at sea—inter-island connections, fishing, informal economies—it aims to highlight the importance of technical and ecological knowledge in negotiating access to marine resources, property regimes, and identity and social recognition by historically marginalized actors. Furthermore, starting from material relations with the ocean, the thesis seeks to reflect on ways of conceptualizing nature and interspecies relations, going beyond the universalizing perspectives of the emerging blue economy paradigm in the Indian Ocean, and instead emphasizing the inequalities, the power relations, and political and economic expectations that shape the peripheral role of the archipelago within global processes.
La tesi indaga le trasformazioni delle economie marine e marittime nell’arcipelago delle Comore, prestando particolare attenzione all’impatto delle politiche ecologiche e di sviluppo sulle attività di pesca artigianale e più in generale sulle comunità costiere. Con un focus sul lavoro quotidiano in mare – connessioni interinsulari, pesca, economie informali -, si vuole evidenziare l’importanza di conoscenze tecniche ed ecologiche nel negoziare l’accesso alle risorse marine, i regimi di proprietà, i riconoscimenti identitari e sociali da parte di attori storicamente marginali. Inoltre, a partire dalle relazioni materiali con l’oceano, si vuole riflettere sui modi di concettualizzare la natura e i rapporti interspecifici, andando oltre le prospettive universalizzanti dell’insorgente paradigma della blue economy nell’oceano Indiano, ma enfatizzando le asimmetrie di potere, i rapporti di forza, le aspettative politiche ed economiche che strutturano il ruolo periferico dell’arcipelago nei processi globali.
Relazionalità in movimento. Lavoro in mare, rivendicazioni ecologiche, ambizioni economiche nei margini dell’oceano Indiano (Comore)
MADDALUNO, RAFFAELE
2025
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The dissertation investigates the transformations of marine and maritime economies in the Comoros archipelago, with particular attention to the impact of ecological and development policies on artisanal fishing activities and, more broadly, on coastal communities. Focusing on everyday work at sea—inter-island connections, fishing, informal economies—it aims to highlight the importance of technical and ecological knowledge in negotiating access to marine resources, property regimes, and identity and social recognition by historically marginalized actors. Furthermore, starting from material relations with the ocean, the thesis seeks to reflect on ways of conceptualizing nature and interspecies relations, going beyond the universalizing perspectives of the emerging blue economy paradigm in the Indian Ocean, and instead emphasizing the inequalities, the power relations, and political and economic expectations that shape the peripheral role of the archipelago within global processes.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/360686
URN:NBN:IT:UNIROMA1-360686