Andean waterways: resource politics in highland Peru

TY - BOOK

T1 - Andean waterways

T2 - resource politics in highland Peru

AU - Rasmussen, Mattias Borg

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Andean Waterways explores the politics of natural resource use in the Peruvian Andes in the context of climate change and neoliberal expansion. It does so through careful ethnographic analysis of the constitution of waterways, illustrating how water becomes entangled in a variety of political, social, and cultural concerns. Set in the highland town of Recuay in Ancash, the book traces the ways in which water affects political and ecological relations as glaciers recede. By looking at the shared waterways of four villages located in the foothills of Cordillera Blanca, it addresses pertinent questions concerning water governance and rural lives.

AB - Andean Waterways explores the politics of natural resource use in the Peruvian Andes in the context of climate change and neoliberal expansion. It does so through careful ethnographic analysis of the constitution of waterways, illustrating how water becomes entangled in a variety of political, social, and cultural concerns. Set in the highland town of Recuay in Ancash, the book traces the ways in which water affects political and ecological relations as glaciers recede. By looking at the shared waterways of four villages located in the foothills of Cordillera Blanca, it addresses pertinent questions concerning water governance and rural lives.

M3 - Book

SN - 978-0-295-99481-9

SN - 978-0-295-99493-2

T3 - Culture, Place and Nature

BT - Andean waterways

PB - University of Washington Press

CY - Seattle & London

ER -