Seminar by Guntra A. Aistara, Monday 30.3.

The Department of Ecological Anthropology invites you to the upcoming seminar talk ‘Towards Multispecies Food Sovereignty: ‘ by Guntra Aistara, an environmental anthropologist from Central European University in Vienna.

The lecture will take place on Monday 30.3.2026 at 14:00 (CET) in the seminar room of the Institute of Ethnology CAS, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1. To attend in person or online, please register.

Abstract: In an era of climate change, humans must navigate livable futures in relation to all other species with whom they co-inhabit the earth. While farmers are sometimes understood as stewards of the land who craft landscapes in cooperation with other species, the move from land to sea illuminates crucial tensions in the more-than-human dimensions of food sovereignty. Fishers compete for declining fish stocks with growing populations of grey seals and invasive fish species. Each shift in food web dynamics reverberates through fishers’ social networks as they navigate EU fishing quotas, technologies, markets, and marine conservation. I contemplate how this shifts our understanding of adaptation, interdependence, and multispecies food sovereignty for livable futures.  

Bio: Guntra Aistara is an environmental anthropologist who works at the intersection of political ecology, food sovereignty, and environmental justice. Her current project explores how the lifeways of fishers, coastal residents, and other marine species have changed in the last century through shifting political regimes, fisheries management structures, and ecological change.

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