{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-water-9781782389101","title":"The Social Life of Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tEverywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert water from rivers, lakes, and aquifers to our homes, workplaces, irrigation canals, and hydro-generating stations. We use it for bathing, swimming, recreation, and it functions as a symbol of purity in ritual performances. In order to facilitate and manage our relationship with water, we develop institutions, technologies, and cultural practices entirely devoted to its appropriation and distribution, and through these institutions we construct relations of class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality. Relying on first-hand ethnographic research, the contributors to this volume examine the social life of water in diverse settings and explore the impacts of commodification, urbanization, and technology on the availability and quality of water supplies. Each case study speaks to a local set of issues, but the overall perspective is global, with representation from all continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eThe Social Life of Water \u003cem\u003esuccessfully addresses a wide range of issues concerning the meanings and uses of water in relation to culture, society, and development. As a volume, it shows how a focus on social life opens up new analytical possibilities of broader relevance to the study of water. Moreover, many of the chapters explore contexts and regions not previously covered in work on these topics.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…this volume [is to be] recommended to readers interested in the anthropology of water and to those who wish to teach a course on the subject for both undergraduate and graduate students. The diversity of the topics covered in the book and the methodological and theoretical issues raised, provide several excellent teachable moments not to be missed. It also testifies to the richness of topics and ways in which the social lives of water can and should be explored by anthropologists in the future.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Anthropological Notebooks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“For anthropologists working in the water field, the book provides useful material to help the water field incorporate good social practice, research and theory into a transdisciplinary field currently interested in incorporating it into policy and management.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Water Alternatives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book fills an important niche on water related issues in anthropology by focusing on social and cultural manifestations of water management, use, and conflict… The organization is appropriate and effective.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e ·  Benedict J. Colombi\u003c\/strong\u003e, American Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Richard Wagner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Commodification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Contesting Equivalences: Controversies over Water and Mining in Chile and Peru\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFabiana Li\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dam Nation: Cubbie Station and the Waters of the Darling\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVeronica Strang\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Water and Ill-being: Displaced People and Dam-based Development in India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLyla Mehta  \u003c\/em\u003e               \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Water and Technology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Aesthetics of a Relationship: Women and Water\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNefissa Naguib\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e La Pila de San Juan: Historic Transformations of Water as a Public Symbol in Suchitoto, El Salvador\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHugo De Burgos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eNot so Boring. Assembling and Reassembling Groundwater Tales and Technologies from Malerkotla, Punjab\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRita Brara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eKenyan Landscape, Identity and Access\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSwathi Veeravali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Urbanization\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Health Challenges of Urban Poverty and Water Supply in Northern Ghana\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIssaka Kanton Osumanu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Risk of Water: Dengue Prevention and Control in Urban Cambodia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSarah C. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Water Crisis in Ireland: The Socio-Political Contexts of Risk in Contemporary Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLiam Leonard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Governance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eFairness and the Human Right to Water: A Preliminary Cross-cultural Theory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmber Wutich, Alexandra Brewis, Sveinn Sigurdsson, Rhian Stotts, and Abigail York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Indigenous Water Governance and Resistance: A Syilx Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarlowe Sam and Jeannette Armstrong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003e Bureaucratic Bricolage and Adaptive Co-management in Indonesian Irrigation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBryan Bruns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Anthropological Insights into Stakeholder Participation in Water Management of the Edwards Aquifer in Texas\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn M. 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