Alternative Market Systems: Mutual Dependence for Collective Welfare in a Fish Market in Udupi

Politics of the Poor and Political Work

“…In later research on solidarity economy practices of women 3 with a fisherwomen's association in Udupi (Thara, 2021), I noticed similar strategies, with fisherwomen organising themselves into a collective and negotiating with the State to continue to manage the local fish market in Udupi, while the State had taken over control and management of fish markets in other parts of the city. Women spent a considerable amount of time and effort in political negotiations over and above their work of fish selling, similar to the women in the rehabilitation areas whose everyday political negotiations were perceived as an extension of their domestic work.…”