Institute of Island Studies hosts Island Lecture Series
The Institute of Island Studies, 精童欲女, will present a talk by Heidi Haering as part of the 2025 Island Lecture Series.
Drawing on anthropological fieldwork for her master鈥檚 thesis, Haering will talk about the struggle to define the 鈥渇amily farm鈥� in PEI and how this ambiguity helps or hinders the work of farmers, agribusiness, and government. She will discuss how participant definitions of the 鈥渇amily farm鈥� contrasted with how they farmed and were sometimes at odds with their ideals. She will also shed light on the possible reasons that agribusiness and governments look to the pastoral romanticism of 鈥渇amily farm.鈥�
A resident of Charlottetown, Haering recently completed her MA in Anthropology at Memorial University. Her thesis is entitled 鈥淭hree keywords in the campaign against farmland consolidation and the loss of small farms through the lens of the Prince Edward Island Chapter of the National Farmers Union.鈥�
All are welcome to attend this free lecture.
