In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 37 (2019), Nr. 7. pp. 1151-1160. ISSN 2399-6544 (Druck-Ausg.); 2399-6552 (Online-Ausg.)
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Abstract
This theme issue re-engages the ghost of Wittfogel in ethnographically grounded conversations around the imbrication of water, power, and infrastructure. It examines social and political relations in ways that take their tensions and correspondences with water seriously, as Wittfogel did half a century ago, but in a less monolithic and totalizing manner. Instead, the contributions pay attention to the situated, partial, multiple, and open-ended encounters that (un)make these links. Together, the papers collected in this theme issue build a critical conversation around the role of water in configuring and reproducing power. Its major threads are the construction of authority through water, the social complexity of water relations, and the interrelationships between water, infrastructure, and political rule.
Document type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space |
Volume: | 37 |
Number: | 7 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Place of Publication: | Los Angeles |
Edition: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2024 09:08 |
Date: | 2019 |
ISSN: | 2399-6544 (Druck-Ausg.); 2399-6552 (Online-Ausg.) |
Number of Pages: | 10 |
Page Range: | pp. 1151-1160 |
Faculties / Institutes: | The Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies > Institute of Ethnology |
DDC-classification: | 300 Social sciences 320 Political science 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Water, state, anthropology, ethnography, Wittfogel |
Additional Information: | Dieser Beitrag ist aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. *** This publication is freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |