Starting from the year 2013, Taiwan has been vigorously advancing the development of offshore wind power, positioning it as a crucial cornerstone for the nation's transition towards low-carbon energy. However, this process has significantly impacted the small-scale coastal fishing industry along the western coastline. This talk discusses the disputes between fishing communities and offshore wind farm developers in the nearshore marine space from the temporal perspective. I argue that the fishermen’s fight for defending their fishing grounds can be understood as a battle over their temporal sovereignty.
About the author
Dr. Lu is a professor of anthropology at National Taiwan University. Her research interests include political ecology, energy politics, anthropology of time, and artisan fishery practices in Taiwan.
The Taiwan Matters lecture series has been funded by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan (ROC) through the Taipei Mission in Stockholm, Sweden.