Abstract In this master thesis I discuss how divers in Rio de Janeiro and Arraial do Cabo, Brazil, are part of a process of making water (Barnes 2014). This I do by examining the relationship between the policies of the non-governmental... more
Abstract
In this master thesis I discuss how divers in Rio de Janeiro and Arraial do Cabo, Brazil, are part of a process of making water (Barnes 2014). This I do by examining the relationship between the policies of the non-governmental organization Project Aware and these divers. These policies under question concerns the growing issue of marine debris, asking divers to directly act towards a solution by removing debris, and inform about the issue. I employ the concepts habitus and the entrepreneurial self as heuristic think-tools in order to illuminate the structuring aspect of this relationship, how it affects the way policies are negotiated, embodied, and practiced in regard to society and the environment (e.g Bourdieu 1990; Rose 1998; Gershon 2016). My argument is based on observations, interviews, and media analysis. I show how my interlocutors are engaged in making water, in hands on actions of removing debris, and in discourse making where the issue is forwarded, emphasized, and discussed. Further I illustrate the impact that local power structures hold on practices of agents (Barnes 2014; Karlsson 2015).
Evidence related to fishing between sambaquian populations and taquara-itararé culture in Babitonga Bay is very old, it can be said that since its first publication in the nineteenth century, there is mention of the traces related to this... more
Evidence related to fishing between sambaquian populations and taquara-itararé culture in Babitonga Bay is very old, it can be said that since its first publication in the nineteenth century, there is mention of the traces related to this practice, since these sites are consisting mainly of animal remains obtained by fishing techniques. Only from the 1990s onwards, systematic studies focusing on faunal remains and based on zooarcheology began to be made, allowing the qualitative and quantitative progress to be made. These studies made it possible to better understand the role of fish in relation to other marine resources, the preferences between the species caught, the inferences about the environments frequented and the equipment used as well as the relationships of fishing practices between these different cultures. It can be said that it was this bias that can contribute to the brilliant initiative of creating a collaborative network of studies on the subject as well as to base conservation studies on the marine fauna of Babitonga Bay.
