Colonialism and its legacies, as reflected in water, incorporating a view from Malawi
Colonialism and its legacies, as reflected in water, incorporating a view from Malawi
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DOI：
10.1002/wat2.1287
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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8.2
通讯作者：
Mulwafu, Wapulumuka
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作者：
Mathur, Chandana;Mulwafu, Wapulumuka
如果不彻底了解殖民主义及其遗留问题，就无法正确把握后殖民世界持续不断、日益加剧的水不平等和冲突。与此同时，水作为一种资源，提供了一个极为有用的透镜，有助于理解殖民和后殖民时代的复杂性和动态，一般而言，并在这里审查的马拉维的具体历史情况。本文运用了一系列的社会理论、政治生态学、历史学、人类学、社会学、地理学等文献，论证了后殖民世界中对水和其他自然资源的争夺是在更广泛的全球结构和权力关系中进行的。从水的理论方法的讨论开始，本文继续研究在撒哈拉以南非洲国家形成的过程，并探讨在这一地区的阶级，性别，种族和民族的当代生活经验的交叉性。报告最后审议了马拉维的社会分化、土地保有权、水资源退化和自然资源冲突。本文以水为切入点，跨越人文社会科学学科，探讨当今时代全球与地方之间的世界历史问题。本文分类为：人类的水>水治理人类的水>水的想象与再现
Continued, accelerating water inequalities and conflicts in the postcolonial world cannot be properly grasped without a thorough understanding of colonialism and its legacies. At the same time, water as a resource provides an immensely useful lens for understanding the intricacies and the dynamics of the colonial and postcolonial eras, in general terms, and in the particular historical instance of Malawi examined here. This essay draws on a range of literaturessocial theory, political ecology, history, anthropology, sociology, geography, and so onto demonstrate that struggles over water and other natural resources in the postcolonial world are situated within wider global structures and relationships of power. Starting with a discussion of theoretical approaches to water, the essay goes on to examine the processes of state formation in Sub-Saharan Africa, and explore the intersectionality of the contemporary lived experience of class, gender, race, and ethnicity in this region. It ends with a consideration of social differentiation, land tenure, degradation of water resources and natural resource conflict in Malawi. Traversing across humanities and social science disciplines, this essay uses water as a means of cutting a path through world historical questions on the articulations between the global and the local in the present era.This article is categorized under: Human Water > Water Governance Human Water > Water as Imagined and Represented