Birds of Passage: Hunting and Conservation in Malta - Paperback

by Mark-Anthony Falzon (Author)

Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters, birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes of conservation.

Author Biography

Mark-Anthony Falzon is a social anthropologist at the University of Malta and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. His publications include Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000 (OUP-India, 2005), Multi-sited Ethnography: Theory, Praxis and Locality in Contemporary Research (Ashgate, 2009) and The Sindhis (Penguin, 2022).