When: Tuesday, 06.12.2022, 18:30
Where: Konferenzraum IPW (second floor), Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstr. 7, 1010 Vienna
Lecturer: Thaís Zimovski Garcia de Oliveira (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil)
Chair: Ulrich Brand (University of Vienna)
Discussant: Lorena E. Olarte-Sánchez (Universität Wien)
Abstract
The relations between women and water are known in popular culture, in public policy-making spaces, in academia and even in common sense. Since the Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development in 1997, the fundamental role of women in water management has been studied in the light of feminism, in addition to wider discussions such as professional, political and social impacts caused by the lack of water and basic sanitation in women's life. With this class, in turn, we will address the intersection between culture and transformation of water landscapes from a decolonial point of view. More specifically, we aim to observe the ways in which water permeates and is permeated by human action over time, shaping what we call hydrosocial relationships.
