This paper introduces a discussion on the status and paradigms of this new branch of the social anthropology called maritime anthropology. After identifying the principal empirical and conceptual problems confronting the social researcher in the study of fishing communities, the authors offer some analitical tools that facilitate the understanding of the economic, social and political processes in which fishermen are integrated.
Keywords:
maritime anthropology, societies of fishermen, paradigms, economic and social organisation of fishermen, interdisciplinary
Author Biographies
José Luis de la Cruz, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Profesor-Investigador de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Campus Tampico-Madero, Tampico, Tamaulipas, México.
Francisco José Argüello, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Profesor-Investigador de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, México.
de la Cruz, J. L., & Argüello, F. J. (2006). Paradigms of Anthropology in the Study of Coastal Societies. MAD, (15), 27–45. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RMAD/article/view/14019
