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Delta Life Exploring Dynamic Environments where Rivers Meet the Sea (Volume 28)

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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 activ...

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Other Authors: Krause, Franz (Editor), Harris, Mark (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berghahn Books 2021
Subjects:
Environmental management
Human geography
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
Nature
Natural Resources
Social Science
Human Geography
Anthropology
Cultural & Social
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Summary: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, hydrological approaches to deltas cannot provide.
ISBN:9781800734166
Access:Open Access

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