Alexandra Pierre

Alexandra V. D. Pierre, PhD in Geography (Nantes University) and Climate Change (Quisqueya University), has about fifteen years of experience in environmental issues and international cooperation. A former Project Coordinator at the Haitian Ministry of the Environment, she is now dedicated to research on marine conservation. Her social and scientific commitment has earned her several distinctions, including "Personality of the Future" from the French Embassy in Haiti (2017) and "Female Junior Researcher" from Quisqueya University (2023).

The project

Title: « La « sororité des commerçantes » de la filière pêche face à la crise économique à Haïti.

"Haiti, a territory in "underdevelopment" in the insular Caribbean, suffers from an economy undermined by the recurrence of natural disasters, the degradation of security conditions, fluctuations in the international market for imported goods, and the taxation imposed by gangs on national roads. This situation has exacerbated the decline in purchasing power alongside the rise of political instability, knowing that nearly 60% of the Haitian population lives in poverty. Despite these challenges, a market system for the commercialization of fishery resources persists outside the capital, Port-au-Prince. It is driven by a self-organized network consisting of a "sisterhood of traders" and a "brotherhood of subsistence fishermen." The sisterhood of traders, a key player in a "globalization of the poor" fueled by fishing in Haiti, has transformed coastal towns and peripheral islands into true supply hubs. It thus contributes to the 130 million US dollars generated annually by marine fishing, according to the Inter-American Development Bank (2012).
How does this sisterhood manage to reinvent itself amid an economic crisis while also influencing that crisis? This question will be addressed by examining the gendered division of labor within the fishing sector, particularly in the context of the Île-à-Vache National Natural Park in the South Department of Haiti."

Hosting institution: University of Nantes

Selective Bibliography

• Pierre, A. V. D. & Prince N., (2023) « Ressources naturelles et stratégie de positionnement des « gangs » dans la Région Métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince (Haïti) », Études caribéennes [On line], Issue 56.
• Rodné-Jeanty, J., Pierre, A. V. D. & Desse, M. (2022). « Haïti et ses aires marines protégées : un binôme nouveau pour quel type de gouvernance ? », Études caribéennes [On line], Issue 53.
• Pierre, A. V. D. (2022). Compte-rendu de lecture du livre de Juliette Rennes, Encyclopédie critique du genre. Paris : La Découverte, éd. 2021 dans Temporalités et sociétés, 1(1-2), p.168-172.
• Pierre, A. V. D. (2021). « Compte-rendu de lecture : Les Arbres musiciens de Jacques Stephen Alexis ». Legs et Littérature, No 18, p.242-245
• Pierre, A. V. D., Desse M. (2022, Juin), S’adapter sans l’État dans des aires marines protégées sur papier. Poster présenté dans le cadre du colloque « La mer monte : des espaces naturels aux territoires littoraux, quelles stratégies d’adaptation ? », La Cité des Congrès de Nantes, France.