Delta Life
Exploring Dynamic Environments where Rivers Meet the Sea
Proposing a series of innovative steps towards better understanding human lives at the interstices of water and land, this volume includes eight ethnographies from deltas around the world. The book presents 'delta life' with intimate descriptions of the predicaments, imaginations and activities of delta inhabitants. Conceptually, the collection develops 'delta life' as a metaphor for approaching continual and intersecting sociocultural, economic and material transformations more widely. The book revolves around questions of hydrosociality, volatility, rhythms and scale. It thereby yields insights into people's lives that conventional, hydrol…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Harris, Mark (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-80073-125-7
- EAN: 9781800731257
- Produktnummer: 35159014
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 262 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Reihenbandnummer: 28
Über den Autor
Franz Krause is an anthropologist interested in the role of water in society and culture. He works as Junior Research Group Leader of the DELTA project at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Germany.
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