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People at the well : kinds, usages and meanings of water in a global perspective / Hans Peter Hahn ... (eds.)
Mitwirkende(r): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Verlag: Frankfurt [u.a.] : Campus-Verl., 2012Verlag: Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Campus, 2012Beschreibung: 316 S. : Ill., KtISBN:- 9783593396101
- 3593396106
- 363.61
- 574.191
- QC161 .An889 2012
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Zusammenfassung: Water is never just H2O. It is always more. It has its own ways of world-making and is much more than just a substance or a commodity. Water is also a focal point of religious meanings and inspires cultural practices. The book shows the different forms, the wide range and the impressive diversity of people´s dealings with water in different cultures. It presents case studies from various parts of the world, staging problems about changing accessibility of water and the expectations of men and women at different places. While focusing on the micro level the transdisciplinary approach highlights the fundamental differences of water related meanings and practices.PPN: PPN: 1651939705Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-73-CVS12 | ZDB-73-CVA | ZDB-73-CVS
Contents; Preface; Introduction; Water as substance and meaning: Anthropological perspectives; Virtual water and water footprints: Global supply and production chains and their impacts on freshwater resources; What is water? Some philosophical considerations; An essay on dew; People at the well: Experiences around water; Water magic; Consumption and production: Changing perceptions of water in northern Ghana; Neglecting the opportunity? Productive water uses for small income generation; Water makes the difference: The case of South India
Making connections: Accessing water in Mumbai's settlementsWater in Amazonia; Water management by divine benevolence along the River Nile: Artificial water reservoirs as pastoral meeting places in the Meroitic Sudan (ca. 350 B.C. to 350 A.D.); Water beliefs and changing times in Nigeria; Guarded by the devil: The fear of pollution from wells among the Iraqw of northern Tanzania; Figure and Table Credits; Notes on Contributors; Index of Persons and Subjects; Index of Locations;
Contents Preface7 Introduction Karlheinz Cless and Hans Peter Hahn9 Water as substance and meaning: Anthropological perspectives Hans Peter Hahn23 Virtual water and water footprints: Global supply and production chains and their impacts on freshwater resources Simon Meissner44 What is water? Some philosophical considerations Klaus Ruthenberg65 An essay on dew Jens Soentgen79 People at the well: Experiences around water Karlheinz Cless98 Water magic Richard Wilk126 Consumption and production: Changing perceptions of water in northern Ghana Wolfram Laube145 Neglecting the opportunity? Productive water uses for small income generation Irit Eguavoen170 Water makes the difference: The case of South India Bettina Weiz190 Making connections: Accessing water in Mumbai´s settlements Nikhil Anand217 Water in Amazonia Klaus Hilbert232 Water management by divine benevolence along the River Nile: Artificial water reservoirs as pastoral meeting places in the Meroitic Sudan (ca. 350 B.C. to 350 A.D.) Petra Weschenfelder246 Water beliefs and changing times in Nigeria Emmanuel M. Akpabio266 Guarded by the devil: The fear of pollution from wells among the Iraqw of northern Tanzania Anne-Christina Achterberg-Boness281 Figure and Table Credits299 Notes on Contributors303 Index of Persons and Subjects307 Index of Locations315
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