Marian Binkley | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education |
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| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Bio-cultural Implications of Outport Life: The Anglican Parish of Fogo: A Case Study (1981) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropologist |
| Institutions | Dalhousie University |
Marian Binkley is a Canadian anthropologist who was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University from 1999 to 2010.[1] She is professor emeritus at Dalhousie's Department of Anthropology and Social Anthropology.[2]
Education and career
Binkley graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973, a Master of Arts in 1975, and a PhD in Anthropology in 1981.[1] Her research primarily focuses on Maritime communities, particularly concerning the socioeconomic and cultural impacts of the fishing industry.[2] Her books include Voices From Off Shore (1994) and Risks, Dangers and Rewards (1995), which explore the working conditions within Nova Scotia's deep sea fishing fleet; and Set Adrift: Fishing Families (2002), which examines the impact of the Atlantic Canadian fisheries crisis on fishermen's households.[2] Binkley has contributed to international development projects concerning resource management in the West Indies, Indonesia, and the Philippines.[2]
From 1999 to 2010, Binkley was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University.[1] She is professor emeritus at the university's Department of Anthropology and Social Anthropology.[2]
Books
- Binkey, Marian (1994). Voices From Off Shore: Narratives of Risk and Danger in the Nova Scotia Deep Sea Fishery. St. John's, NL: Institute of Social and Economic Research. ISBN 978-0-9196-6676-4.[3][4]
- — (1995). Risk, Dangers and Rewards in the Nova Scotia Offshore Fishery. Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-1313-6.[5]
- — (2002). Set Adrift: Fishing Families. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-4812-7.[6][7]
- —; Neis, Barbara; Gerard, Sirl; Menez, Christina (2005). Changing Tides: Gender, Globalization and World Fisheries. Halifax, N.S.: Fernwood Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5526-6159-8.[2]
References
- [Dalhousie Archives] (2010). "Binkley, Marian". Halifax, N.S.: Dalhousie University Archives. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- [Dalhousie]. "Marian Binkley". Halifax, N.S.: Dalhousie University. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- Menzies, Charles R. (1 January 1998). ""Voices from Off Shore: Narratives of Risk and Danger in the Nova Scotian, Deep-Sea Fishery", by Marian Binkley". Anthropologica (Book review). 40 (1). University of Victoria Libraries: 140. doi:10.2307/25605883. JSTOR 25605883.
- Van West, John (1994). "Voices from Off Shore: Narratives of Risk and Danger in the Nova Scotian Deep-Sea Fishery". Canadian Book Review Annual Online. University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- Albrecht, Don E.; Leistritz, F. Larry (1997). "Book Reviews: Environment and Natural Resources". Rural Sociology. 62 (1). Wiley: 143–145.
- Neis, Barbara (1 April 2004). "Set Adrift: Fishing Families. Marian Binkley". Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice (Book review). 28 (2). Mount Saint Vincent University: 154–156. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- MacLeod, Henry G. (2002). "Set Adrift: Fishing Families". Canadian Book Review Annual Online. University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 11 October 2025.