Regarding our call for papers - Apologies - Jeremy's email is [email protected] - I had a typo in the previous message!
_____________________________________________________________________ Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega Assistant Professor, Public Administration Division CIDE, AC. (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, A.C) Region Centro Circuito Tecnopolo Norte S/N, Col. Hacienda Nueva Aguascalientes, Ags. 20313, Mexico Tel. (+52-449) 994-5150 x 5196 Cel. (+52-449) 280-2484 Website <http://www.raulpacheco.org> - Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/raulpacheco> - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/drpachecovega> - CIDE webpage <http://cide.edu/investigador/profile.php?IdInvestigador=1266> - My Academia.Edu Profile <http://cide.academia.edu/RaulPachecoVega> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Raul Pacheco-Vega < [email protected]> wrote: > Apologies for cross-postings! > > Call for Papers, Association of American Geographers: > Panel Session: *Fetishes of Water Governance* > > *Organizers:* > Jeremy J. Schmidt, Dalhousie University (Canada) > Oriol Mirosa, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (USA) > Raul Pacheco-Vega, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, CIDE > (Mexico) > > Water governance has gained widespread popularity in the last decade among > scholars of various disciplines. As a concept, “water governance” is being > used to re-organize how we approach the challenges posed by resource > scarcity and security, and to overcome the weaknesses of the previous > dominant paradigm: water management. However, the apparent flexibility of > governance is marred by the reified use of concepts that are remnants of > the water management approach and its pursuit of rational planning, > integrated water resources management (IWRM), and state-led regional > development. The continued adherence to these fetishes can hinder our > understanding of what governing water entails. > > This session seeks contributions that investigate the fetishes of water > governance and their effects. The fetishes include, but are not limited to, > a pre-occupation with: (1) borders (i.e. watershed boundaries, nation-state > limits and sub-national legal jurisdictions), (2) strictly defined sectors > (public, private), (3) urban versus rural water divides and, (4) > technologies of water from the technical/scientific to the > political/economic. We believe that it is interesting to think not only > about the problems generated by the reification of concepts and approaches > to water governance, but also to analyze why this fetishizing happens and > what functions it has. As such, we invite submissions that explore the > fetishes as such, their influence on praxis, and in our understanding of > water-related topics such human rights to water and sanitation, the > hydrosocial cycle, watershed governance, energy production/extraction, > infrastructure, technology and social inequality. The panel seeks to > explore the limitations of these conceptual and analytical categories in > explaining, and ultimately, helping design robust water policy. > > If interested in participating, please e-mail all three organizers > (jeremy.john.schmidt@gmail,com, [email protected] and > [email protected]) an abstract of your proposed panel, a short > bio or link to your web profile, and a brief statement of how your work > fits with the general theme of the panel no later than 9pm (EST), October 28 > th, 2014. We will announce the chosen abstracts on November 1st, 2014. > > > Please circulate as you see fit. Thanks! > > > Jeremy J. Schmidt, Oriol Mirosa and Raul Pacheco-Vega > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega > Assistant Professor, Public Administration Division > CIDE, AC. (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, A.C) Region > Centro > > Circuito Tecnopolo Norte S/N, Col. Hacienda Nueva > Aguascalientes, Ags. 20313, Mexico > Tel. (+52-449) 994-5150 x 5196 > Cel. (+52-449) 280-2484 > Website <http://www.raulpacheco.org> - Twitter > <http://www.twitter.com/raulpacheco> - Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/drpachecovega> - CIDE webpage > <http://cide.edu/investigador/profile.php?IdInvestigador=1266> - My > Academia.Edu Profile <http://cide.academia.edu/RaulPachecoVega> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
