Water, Creativity and Meaning: Multidisciplinary understandings of human-water relationships (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367587882 ISBN 13: 9780367587888

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

At a time of great turmoil and crisis, environmentally, socially and politically, water has emerged as a topic of huge global concern. Moreover, many argue that what is needed in order to change our relationship with the environment is a cultural paradigm shift. To this end, this volume brings together diverse approaches to exploring human relationships with the watery world and the other living things that rely upon it.

Through exploring multiple creative ways of engaging with water and people, the volume adds to the current zeitgeist of writing about water by expanding the discussion about this vital substance and how, as humans, we relate to it. Chapters focus on creative explorations and explorations of creativity in relation to developing these understandings, including concepts such as hydrocitizenship and responses to drought and flooding. Drawing on the in-depth research and experience of arts practitioners including participatory artists, as well as academics from a variety of fields including geography, anthropology, health studies and environmental humanities, the book provides a rich and multidisciplinary perspective on water and creative ways of engaging and understanding human–water relationships.

It represents a valuable source and inspiration for academics, arts practitioners and those involved in environmental policy and governance.

About this title

About the Author

Liz Roberts is a cultural geographer currently working at the University of West of England, UK, on an RCUK project on digital storytelling and water scarcity (www.dryproject.co.uk).

Katherine Phillips is a social researcher at the University of West of England, UK, with interests in sustainable living, human–environment relations and the mainstreaming of radical alternatives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367587882
• ISBN 13: 9780367587888
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Roberts Liz, Phillips Katherine