Intersecting relational perspectives to understand fishery trade chain dynamics: the case of Magweva in KaNyaka Island, Mozambique

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Trade relations in small-scale fisheries have long been studied as more than economic exchanges. Relational economic sociology and relational economic geography have shown the importance of social relations and space in understanding trade relations. We argue that the recent relational turn in sustainability science adds a focus on the social-ecological aspects of fishery trade chain dynamics, worth investigating further. We propose to use the relational concept of assemblage to put the three perspectives into dialogue, which we argue contributes to understand the complexity of economic exchanges in small-scale fisheries. We justify and illustrate these arguments through the case of Magweva in the island of KaNyaka in Mozambique. Magweva are women traders whose role and importance have been poorly investigated. In sum, we aim at fulfilling three objectives: first, to put into dialogue relational economic sociology, relational economic geography, and the relational sustainability science to showcase the value of associating these three perspectives to sustainability scientists interested in small-scale fisheries; second, we provide an empirical application of the concept of assemblage to small-scale fisheries as a concrete way of studying distributed agency; third, we aim at highlighting the role of Magweva, women fish traders, thus contributing to the small-scale fisheries literature calling attention to the often invisible role women play in maintaining trade networks.

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