Amphibious anthropologies : living in wet environments / edited by Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi, and Franz Krause, [foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Camargo, Alejandro, editor.

Cortesi, Luisa, 1980- editor.

Krause, Franz, editor.

Sivaramakrishnan, K., writer of foreword.

Series:

Culture, place, and nature.

Culture, place, and nature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--Case studies.

Human geography.

Aquatic ecology--Case studies.

Aquatic ecology.

Human ecology--Case studies.

Human ecology.

Bodies of water--Social aspects--Case studies.

Bodies of water.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2025.

Summary:

Muddying the divide between land and water This interdisciplinary collection delves into the experiences and meanings of life in environments where water levels and availability are in constant flux. Amphibious Anthropologies brings together a global set of case studies, from Italy's historic marshes to the tidal pools of the Bahamas, to show how living with unpredictable wetness has become crucial in the age of climate crisis. The book introduces "amphibious anthropologies" as a framework to challenge the dichotomy of water and land and interrogate spaces marked by rapid and profound environmental change. It brings to light the everyday creativity and uncertainty in wet environments like California's Salton Sea and India's North Bihar floodplain. Engaging with disciplines like anthropology, geography, and STS, this work offers a timely discourse on environmental change and resilience.

Contents:

Introduction. Amphibious anthropologies / Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi, Franz Krause

Post-natural environmental management in an amphibious delta : hybridity, performativity, and indeterminacy at the Salton Sea / Alida Cantor

Between hydro and geo : amphibious spaces of social exception / Simone Popperl

The shape of waterland : a geo-morpho-anthropological commentary on institutional infrastructures of fluvial management and amphibious environmental knowledge / Luisa Cortesi

Keeping the land wet : "wet lands" and the rise of "wetland literacy" / Paolo Gruppuso

Situating wetness in Soomaa, Estonia / Franz Krause

The hyporheic imaginary in multispecies watershed governance : how beaver collaborations remix patterns of wet and dry in northern California streams / Cleo Woelfle-Hazard and Daniel Sarna-Wojcicki

Restoring wetlands in alpine ski resorts : the biopolitics of water, land, and snow / Céline Granjou and Stéphanie Gaucherand

Muddy waters : governing the littoral in Andros Island, the Bahamas / Sarah Wise

The contours of the amphibious : wetlands, knowledge, and politics in Colombia / Alejandro Camargo

Amphibious epilogue / Stuart McLean.

Notes:

Electronic book.

Introduction. Amphibious anthropologies / Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi, Franz Krause -- Post-natural environmental management in an amphibious delta : hybridity, performativity, and indeterminacy at the Salton Sea / Alida Cantor -- Between hydro and geo : amphibious spaces of social exception / Simone Popperl -- The shape of waterland : a geo-morpho-anthropological commentary on institutional infrastructures of fluvial management and amphibious environmental knowledge / Luisa Cortesi -- Keeping the land wet : "wet lands" and the rise of "wetland literacy" / Paolo Gruppuso -- Situating wetness in Soomaa, Estonia / Franz Krause -- The hyporheic imaginary in multispecies watershed governance : how beaver collaborations remix patterns of wet and dry in northern California streams / Cleo Woelfle-Hazard and Daniel Sarna-Wojcicki -- Restoring wetlands in alpine ski resorts : the biopolitics of water, land, and snow / Céline Granjou and Stéphanie Gaucherand -- Muddy waters : governing the littoral in Andros Island, the Bahamas / Sarah Wise -- The contours of the amphibious : wetlands, knowledge, and politics in Colombia / Alejandro Camargo -- Amphibious epilogue / Stuart McLean.

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ISBN:

0295753900

OCLC:

1530408953