Historien om en kanal: Klimaforandringer og vandpolitik i det peruanske højland

Mattias Borg Rasmussen

Historien om en kanal: Klimaforandringer og vandpolitik i det peruanske højland

Abstract

Climate change increases pressure upon water resources in the Peruvian Andes, and the issue of water scarcity may become even more pertinent. The exploration of the problematic of water is about the relationship between water and social organization, and the impact of climate change upon that relationship. "The story of a canal" traces the course of an irrigation canal in the Peruvian highland province of Recuay in time and space. The history of the canal is followed through different phases of before, under and after the agrarian reform up until the establishment of the present day peasant communities, thus inserting the course of the canal into historical land tenure dynamics. Following the analytical framework set up by Norman Long in Encounters at the Interface (2001), a number of interfaces of interaction is located along the course. Through an analysis of the interfaces and the course of the canal it is argued that water scarcity is the result of a complex interplay between ecological and social relations. Finally it is argued, that while climate change increases pressure upon water resources, it also can produce new openings through renewed dialogue between the local population and experts.

Originalsprog	Dansk
Tidsskrift	Antropologi
Udgave nummer	64
Sider (fra-til)	43-59
Antal sider	17
ISSN	0906-3021
Status	Udgivet - nov. 2011

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