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Fish news: perceptual skills, technique and distributed cognition in mullet fishing

Abstract This paper presents an investigation about perception of the environment, technique and distributed cognition, with fishermen and schools of mullets, on beaches in southern Brazil. We discuss the relationship of audiovisual research techniques with the techniques of the body and operational...

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Published in:Vibrant : virtual Brazilian anthropology 2019, Vol.16
Main Authors: Devos, Rafael Victorino, Barbosa, Gabriel Coutinho, Vedana, Viviane
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Language:English
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Summary:Abstract This paper presents an investigation about perception of the environment, technique and distributed cognition, with fishermen and schools of mullets, on beaches in southern Brazil. We discuss the relationship of audiovisual research techniques with the techniques of the body and operational sequences involved in the lookout for schools of mullets, paddling of non-motorized canoes and net casting, revealing knowledge embedded in these practices. The examination of the exchange of pictures and videos of fish among fishermen on their smartphones reveals a distributed cognition system that includes radio communication and other traditional ways of obtaining and confirming “fish news”. This is a collective form of monitoring the ways that fish appear on the coast. The objective of the study is to understand the use of “new technologies” without disassociating them from the technicity of collective practices and knowledge systems of artisanal fishing. Resumo Apresenta-se uma investigação sobre percepção, técnica, e cognição distribuída envolvendo coletivos de pescadores e peixes durante temporadas de pesca da tainha, no litoral de Santa Catarina, sul do Brasil. Discute-se o engajamento das técnicas de pesquisa, envolvendo a produção de imagens e sons, com as técnicas corporais e cadeias operatórias das práticas de vigia de cardumes, navegação de canoas não motorizadas e arrasto de rede no cerco dos peixes, para revelação dos conhecimentos implicados nesta modalidade de pesca. Aborda-se as trocas, entre os pescadores, de imagens feitas com smartphones da presença dos cardumes no mar, revelando um sistema de cognição distribuída envolvendo comunicação por rádio e outras formas tradicionais de obter e confirmar “notícias de peixe”, um monitoramento coletivo dos modos dos cardumes “se mostrarem” na paisagem costeira. Propõe-se entender o uso de “novas tecnologias” sem dissociá-las da tecnicidade de práticas coletivas e sistemas de conhecimento da pesca artesanal.
ISSN:1809-4341
1809-4341
DOI:10.1590/1809-43412019v16d550