Arctic Weather Words
In northern Greenland, the words people use to describe the sea ice and weather provide insight into the ongoing effects of climate change. The hunters and fishers of…
Tag: water
New book on Water Justice
This looks like quite a nice collection from Cambridge University Press. Water Justice Edited by Rutgerd Boelens, Tom Perreault, and Jeroen Vos Book description Water justice is becoming…
My new book on Global Water Governance with Nathanial Matthews
Very pleased to announce my new book, co-authored with Nathanial Matthews, is now out with Palgrave Macmillan. A description of the book is below (or here) and the…
New paper in special issue on Helen Ingram’s legacy in water, politics, and governance
Very happy to have a new article out in the Journal of the Southwest and in a special double issue honouring the work of Helen Ingram. Full table…
The River is in Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community – Elizabeth Hoover
This title isn’t out until November, but it’s never too soon to pre-order. From the University of Minnesota Press website: Mohawk midwife Katsi Cook lives in Akwesasne, an…
America’s water whiplash
This was originally published on the NYU Press Blog From the Square. Jerry Brown must sometimes wonder why he isn’t called the water governor. In the 1970s he…
My new book! Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity
I am very pleased to announce that my new book is out. Technically, Amazon and other outlets might not ship it until April 4th, but I saw it…
Web Roundup: Water by Lily Shapiro
Before I began graduate school, I worked in water-related public health, and have continued to follow the news around water. This month, some stories (mostly) about water. Trump…
Interview: BITS of Belonging by Simanti Dasgupta
What links a water privatization scheme and a prominent software company in India’s silicon city, Bangalore? Simanti Dasgupta’s new book, BITS of Belonging: Information Technology, Water, and Neoliber…
Are We All Flint? by Catherine Fennell
[This article originally appeared in Limn, Issue No. 7, “Public Infrastructures / Infrastructural Publics”.] For the past several decades, Flint, Michigan, has staggered under waves of de…
Are We All Flint? by Catherine Fennell
[This article originally appeared in Limn, Issue No. 7, “Public Infrastructures / Infrastructural Publics”.] For the past several decades, Flint, Michigan, has staggered under waves of de…
Are We All Flint? by Catherine Fennell
[This article originally appeared in Limn, Issue No. 7, “Public Infrastructures / Infrastructural Publics”.] For the past several decades, Flint, Michigan, has staggered under waves of de…
Anthro in the News 10/24/16
It is now accepted, even by the UN, that UN Peacekeeping forces in Haiti from Nepal brought cholera with them in 2010. Before that, Haiti was cholera-free. Interview…
Anthropology Beyond the Tap: From Flint, Michigan to California’s Central Valley
By Alexa Becerra-Almendarez, Emily Wolff, and Lemual Wheatley § Imagine you are thirsty. You go to the sink to pour yourself a glass of water, but you stop abruptly;…
Drought and Culture: From the Yard to the Farm
By Alfred Lopez, Yeng Vang, and Chong Vang, California State University, Fresno § We hurriedly walked through a middle-class Fresno, California neighborhood. The City of Fresno and Fresno County are…
Cultivating the Nile: An Interview with Jessica Barnes
Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt By Jessica Barnes 248pp. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. § Colin Hoag (UC Santa Cruz and Aarhus University)…
Sandra Postel: Repairing the Water Cycle
Originally a podcast…
In the Sand: Water, Land, and Infrastructure in Informality
Angela Storey, University of Arizona § Milk crates are a common sight when walking the narrow paths of informal settlements in Khayelitsha, a Cape Town suburb where more…
CFP: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water
I’ve copied below the CFP for a special issue, see original here. Special Issue CFP: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water Overview [Feb 3, 2016] Decolonization: Indigeneity,…
The Flint Water Disaster: A Perfect Storm of Downplaying, Denial, and Deceit
Gregory V. Button Flint, Michigan, the city portrayed as the embodiment of a rust belt city abandoned by deindustrialization in Michael Moore’s allegorical documentary, Roger & Me, has…
Four Excerpts from a Four-Field Introductory Textbook
In the weeks leading up to the publication of Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture by Robert J. Muckle and Laura Tubelle…
America’s water cure towns
This is a very interesting piece from citylab, worth checking into if you find previous ways of thinking about human-water (and city!) relationships intriguing.
Water roundup: new books & reports on groundwater and security
Over the weekend I mentioned a new (open access) book on Water, Society, and Technology. There are a couple of other new resources to be had, both from…
Running Dry: Water, People, and the Planet in Marathwada, India
This is a very interesting series on water problems in Marathwada, India. Well worth the read, and certainly important for understands the broader interconnections and logics affecting people…