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Venetian Lagoon Mussel Farming Between Tradition and Innovation

An Example of Changes in Perception and Multispecies Relations

Rita Vianello    Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italia    

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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.

Pubblicato
21 Dicembre 2021
Accettato
15 Novembre 2021
Presentato
30 Settembre 2021
Lingua
EN

Keywords: Inter-agentivityVenetian lagoonMussel-farmingPopular animal’s classificationMultispecies relationsLocal ecological knowledgeAnthropomorphismKnowledge innovationFood acculturationEnvironmental knowledge

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