{"id":11373,"date":"2026-03-05T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sociology.ntu.edu.tw\/en\/?p=11373"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:00:24","slug":"%e3%80%90public-lecture%e3%80%91precarity-at-sea-migrant-labour-deregulation-and-the-global-fish-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sociology.ntu.edu.tw\/en\/info-on-home-page\/%e3%80%90public-lecture%e3%80%91precarity-at-sea-migrant-labour-deregulation-and-the-global-fish-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Public Lecture\u3011Precarity at Sea: Migrant Labour, Deregulation, and the Global Fish Supply Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Title\uff1aPrecarity at Sea: Migrant Labour, Deregulation, and the Global Fish Supply Chain<\/strong>
Speaker\uff1a<\/strong>Beatrice Zani (French National Centre for Scientific Research)
Chair\uff1a<\/strong>John Chung-En Liu\uff08Professor of Sociology, NTU\uff09
Time<\/strong>\uff1aMarch 31, 2026 (Tue.) 12:30\u201314:00
Venue\uff1a<\/strong>Department of Sociology and Social Work R319
Registration\uff1ahttps:\/\/forms.gle\/88Rpu5MxVmZNHqqP7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Speech<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this lecture, I examine the globalized labor regime of the fish supply chain through the experiences of Southeast Asian migrant workers on foreign-flagged fishing vessels. Based on ethnographic research in Taiwan, Singapore, and Indonesia, I explore how labor emerges within and reinforces overlapping \u2018gray zones\u2019 of circulation, work, and deregulation. These ambiguous spaces facilitate exploitative conditions marked by racialized hierarchies, mobility restrictions, and socio-economic inequalities. While employers and recruiters exploit these regulatory gaps to maximize profits and control labor, migrant workers also navigate and reshape these structures to secure limited socio-economic opportunities. I situate these findings within debates on labor precarity and global supply chains, extending Kimberly Hoang\u2019s\u00a0Spiderweb Capitalism\u00a0to show how the fish supply chain operates through informal practices and regulatory loopholes. I argue that these globalized labor regimes blur the boundaries between legality and illegality, formality and informality, creating precarious and shifting workspaces in contemporary Asian capitalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Speaker<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beatrice Zani is a sociologist and an ethnographer, permanent researcher at French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)\/ French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC Taipei). Drawing on the case study of transnational labor in the Asian fishing and shipping sectors (China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia), her ongoing research explores the link between labor and commodity mobilities, global work and supply chains, informality and digitality in the transformation of capitalism and globalization. She\u2019s the PI of the French National Research Agency (ANR)-funded project FORSEA : Migrations and Forced Labor in the Maritime Economies of Globalized Asia (2026-2028).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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