Fish and people

Foale, Simon, and Kelley, Russell (2012) Fish and people. [Creative Work]

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Abstract

Fish and People' deals with species that are of economic (and ecological) importance and thus immediately familiar to a Pacific audience. It is tailored for middle and upper high school students and is accompanied by a comprehensive teacher's guide.

'Fish and People' is a 50-minute production divided into educational modules explaining the 'stock-recruitment relationship' in an easily accessible manner and with a carefully crafted portfolio of explanatory graphics and natural history photography.

'Fish and People' was funded by the Australian Research Council and Telekom Television (Solomon Islands).

Research Statement

Research Background This work is theoretically situated within long-running debates concerning the extent to which the Pacific Islander peoples traditionally practiced an ethics of conservation that was based on the collective, conscious recognition of the limits of fisheries, and the need to restrain fishing effort to avoid over-fishing (Berkes et al. 2000). Extensive empirical research previously undertaken by this researcher-scriptwriter and anthropologists concludes that contemporary scientific understandings of fishery biology and ecology could improve fishery management, while still respecting existing traditional knowledge systems. This audio-visual work, then, was created to disseminate crucial scientific messages across cultural boundaries to an audience with typically very low levels of literacy.
Research Contribution As an audio-visual resource for Pacific Islander peoples in particular, Fish and People comprises five ten-minute video modules featuring original interviews with Solomon Islanders, interwoven with underwater photography and 2D animations that illustrate key scientific concepts, such as reproductive cycles of fish and dispersal of larvae. Produced as science communication for indigenous populations, the work allows a new transcultural space for discussion about conservation and its impact on local cosmologies, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours.
Research Significance As well as successfully communicating key scientific ideas to its audience, this work stands as a pioneering example of science communication in the audio-visual format. Working to dispel unhelpful romantic Western notions of traditional Pacific cultures, it has been translated into other languages and for other cultures; has received praise from NGOs, research organisations (e.g. CSIRO) and governments around the world; and has become a core teaching resource for PNG’s University of Natural Resources and Environment.
Item ID: 23734
Item Type: Creative Work (Recorded/Rendered Work - Audio/visual recording - NTRO)
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Written by Simon Foale and Russell Kelley

Concept, direction and communication design: Russell Kelley Design and motion graphics: Jason Smith Offline Edit: Marie Roman Online Edit: Marie Roman / Rob Davis Executive Producers: Russell Kelley, Simon Foale, Brett Shorthouse Director and Field Producer: Cliff Guy Camera: Wade Fairley Production Manager: Marie Roman Stock Footage: Wade Fairley and Digital Dimensions

Fish and People by Ecomedia Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Funders: Australian Research Council, Telekom Television (Solomon Islands)
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2012 22:26
FoR Codes: 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1601 Anthropology > 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology @ 50%
05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050203 Environmental Education and Extension @ 25%
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0704 Fisheries Sciences > 070403 Fisheries Management @ 25%
SEO Codes: 89 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 8998 Environmentally Sustainable Information and Communication Services > 899899 Environmentally Sustainable Information and Communication Services not elsewhere classified @ 33%
93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939906 Pacific Peoples Education @ 33%
96 ENVIRONMENT > 9607 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards > 960703 Environmental Education and Awareness @ 34%
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