Kelly Greenfield is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Supervised by Dr. Lisa-Jo van den Scott and Dr. Liam Swiss, Kelly’s research addresses questions about the social and cultural implications of integrating aquacultural technology into existing practices by rice farmers in rural Cambodia.

After a year in Cambodia, Kelly’s observations reveal the importance of not only incorporating the lens of a fish biologist into such development projects, but that the socio-cultural lens is equally important as well; multiple perspectives are needed to ensure a more suitable integration of strategies and technological practices to see to the success of these project initiatives.

In the following podcast, we discuss what Kelly observed through her socio-cultural lens, with regard to, community spirituality, social cohesion, and gender as well as the intended and unintended consequences of the project’s development in a non-western landscape.