For decades, inshore commercial fisheries of Sweden have declined in the number of fishermen. In parallel, the service economy has gained importance and the growth in tourism is one example. This implicates new conditions for small firms, active in traditional rural industries. While knowledge about the socio-cultural context of small tourism firms is underdeveloped and since policymaking assigns these firms a key role in sustainable rural development, this article aims to explore a traditional industry in change during the first decades of the twenty-first century.
This qualitative study is based on a fieldwork inspired by multi-sited ethnography, conducted at the Swedish west coast for a dissertation published in 2019. Drawing on discourse theory and the concept of positioning, the analysis concludes that inshore fisheries in the service economy are expected to become sustainable entrepreneurs and hosts for their communities. The fishermen position themselves in a contradictory manner both resisting and conforming to the political management discourse. The contemporary service-oriented economy and social relations largely form these small firms, which are characterised by both a high dependency on authorities and by their encounters with harbour visitors.
The project was financed by Formas and the research project ”Multidimensional co-management of coastal fisheries”, a multidisciplinary group of social scientists, economists and biologists.
Publications
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Framtidens möten : Master Class
(2024)
OtherCreative Work and Social Innovation : The Case of Innovating in an Open-Air Museum
Malin Andersson
(2024) Creative Work : Conditions, Contexts and Practices , p.46-61
Book chapterCity marketing and convention bureaus value propositions in the post-covid time
Malin Andersson
(2023) , p.240-243
Conference paper: abstractGröna tjänster och värdeskapande vatten
Malin Andersson, Cecilia Fredriksson, Jing Li, Kenneth M Persson, Amanda Haux, et al.
(2023)
ReportProposing "sustainable meetings" : international convention bureaus positionings in the post covid time
Malin Andersson
(2023)
Conference paper: abstractHummersafaris & Hamnhistorier : yrkesfiskares turismentreprenörskap på den svenska västkusten
Malin Andersson
(2023)
OtherYrkesfiskare i- och på marginalen: : fiske, hummersafaris och snöskottning
Malin Andersson
(2022) Arbetets och försörjningens utmarker. En antologi
Book chapterCity innovation as resonance: : the case of outdoor offices and conferences in the open air museum
Malin Andersson
(2022) , p.166-166
Conference paperThe post-pandemic values of meetings: : innovation and resilience in the meetings industry
Malin Andersson
(2022) , p.35-39
Conference paper: abstractFrom pluri-activity to entrepreneurship: Swedish inshore commercial fisheries navigating in the service-oriented economy : Special issue Tourism and fishing
Malin Andersson
(2021) Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 21 p.374-390
Journal article"Hur är det här tjänstevetenskap?"
Malin Andersson, Ida de Wit Sandström
(2020) 1666. 1999. 2000. 2020. : Campus Helsingborg 20 år. , p.196-201
Book chapterKustnära yrkesfiske i förändring : Från mångsysslare till entreprenör
Malin Andersson
(2019) , 100
DissertationFALF 2018. Arbetet – problem eller potential för en hållbar livsmiljö?: Kustnära yrkesfiske i omvandling : Sessionen Fysiskt arbetsliv
Malin Andersson
(2018) , p.95-95
Conference paper: abstractEn kustnära näring navigerar : Styrning och kustnära yrkesfiske i den tjänsteinriktade ekonomin
Malin Andersson
(2017) Kulturella perspektiv, årg. 26 p.54-62
Journal articleDet älskade arbetet: Kustnära yrkesfiske i omvandling
Malin Andersson
(2014)
Conference paper: abstractInshore Commercial Fisheries in the Service Economy : Session 1 Small-Scale Fisheries Research - towards sustainable fisheries using a multi-entry perspective
MALIN ANDERSSON
(2014) , p.1-1
Conference paper: abstractServicearbetets förvandlingar och förhandlingar: Kustnära yrkesfiske i omvandling. Reflektioner kring en traditionell näring i samtiden
Malin Andersson
(2014) Servicearbetets förvandlingar och förhandlingar , p.103-115
Book chapter