What is a #whale - #BathshebaDemuth compares in this essay the cultural difference between relationships based on reciprocity and commodification!

#whaling #beringsea

3/x #BatshebaDemuth

https://www.environmentandsociety.org/perspectives/2019/6/article/what-whale-cetacean-value-bering-strait-1848-1900

What is a Whale? Cetacean Value at the Bering Strait, 1848–1900

Bathsheba Demuth looks at the value of whales for indigenous peoples around the Bering Strait.

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Another fantastic podcast with Bathsheba Demuth talking about persons as #whales, #BeringStrait, #climate and #Bolshevik missionaries as confused in how to handle indigenous society's beyond #marxist definitions!

2/x #bathshebademuth

https://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e153/

#153 Floating Coast: The Environmental History of the Bering Strait w/ Bathsheba Demuth | The Road to Now

Subscribe to The Road to Now on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Overcast, or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Support Us on patreon and get extra episodes & More!  In 1848, New England ships crossed the Bering Strait in pursuit of the bowhead whales that provided their income. In the years since, the activity of outsiders- from hunters, to government bureaucrats, ... Read More

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