Water Scarcity, Hydropolitics, and the Importance of Materiality at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 398304633 series 3472917
Content provided by Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology and Computing. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology and Computing or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Kimberly Sanchez can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/01/water-scarcity-hydropolitics-and-the-importance-of-materiality-at-the-foothills-of-the-rocky-mountains/. About the post: As one of many in a very visible, linear collective, surface waters and irrigation infrastructures like canals, dams, and reservoirs foster knowledge of other water users such as Jose as well as the need to actively maintain a steady flow of water in order to enjoy a similar flow of health, wealth and happiness for herds, families and communities. Through comparing two cases of water use among livestock producers in Wyoming, we are reminded of the need to take account of the material conditions that help give form to social relations, particularly those which constitute fluid publics.
…
continue reading
119 episodes