Institute of Island Studies hosts Island Lecture Series presentation on May 20
The Institute of Island Studies, 麻豆传媒, will present a talk titled 鈥淭he 鈥榝amily farm鈥�: A keyword in Prince Edward Island land politics鈥� by Heidi Haering on May 20, at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building 201.
Haering鈥檚 presentation is part of the 2025 Island Lecture Series hosted by the Institute. It was originally scheduled to take place in March but was postponed because of inclement weather.
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 has completed her MA in Anthropology at Memorial University. Her thesis is titled 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.
