Journal | Lagoonscapes
Monographic journal issue | 1 | 2 | 2021
Research Article | Venetian Lagoon Mussel Farming Between Tradition and Innovation
Venetian Lagoon Mussel Farming Between Tradition and Innovation
An Example of Changes in Perception and Multispecies Relations
Abstract
In Venetian lagoon, mussels as a food, together with technical innovations and new knowledge for their exploitation, are a recent discovery. In the past, the lagoon’s fishers considered them inedible. The first mussel farming was launched in 1939 and mussels began a new process of rehabilitation. It is the beginning of a new relationship. Mussels turn themselves into delicate animals that need care and fishers develop new interactions with the other non-human components of the environment. A mutual relationship (or inter-agentivity) is created between mussel farmers and mussels, and it brings undeniable advantages to both species.
Submitted: Sept. 30, 2021 | Accepted: Nov. 15, 2021 | Published Dec. 21, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Knowledge innovation • Food acculturation • Mussel-farming • Anthropomorphism • Environmental knowledge • Multispecies relations • Inter-agentivity • Local ecological knowledge • Venetian lagoon • Popular animal’s classification
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP//2021/02/010
