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SUMMARY:Sailing with the Sea Shepherds: Preliminary Findings from Particip
 ant Observation of Anti-whaling Direct Action in the Southern Ocean - Teal
 e Phelps Bondaroff\, PhD candidate\, POLIS\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Elif Cetin
DESCRIPTION:This talk will introduce initial findings of my field work whe
 re I engaged in participant observation as a means of studying the strateg
 y of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS). I recently returned fro
 m spending 3 months on board the SSCS vessel the Bob Barker as it particip
 ated inOperation No Compromise\, which entailed sailing around the Souther
 n Ocean engaging in direct action on the high seas\, as a means of prevent
 ing Japanese whaling. I will discuss some of my findings relating to the l
 egal\, political\, and media strategies of the SSCS\, as well as other asp
 ects of the organization observed while on board the Bob Barker. In additi
 on to discussing my initial findings\, I will also discuss some of the met
 hodological challenges of engaging in participant observation in this sett
 ing\, and applying participant observation to international studies.\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Seminar Room B\, 17 Mill Lane
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