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Subject: LS: Int. Water History Assoc. Call for Papers
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:14:52 -0700
From: Alv Terje Fotland <Alv.Fotland@sfu.uib.no>
To: ignacio@irn.org
The International Water History Association will have their 2nd
conference in
Bergen, Norway in august 2001. We kindly ask you to spread information
about
this conference and call for papers somehow on your web pages. Please
give
us a
reply if this is possible or not.
You can also find call for papers on this sites:
http://www.svf.uib.no/sfu/nsw/conference.htm
http://www.iwha.net
The Role of Water in History and Development
First Call for Papers
The International Water History Association (IWHA)
2nd conference
10th -12th August 2001
University of Bergen, Norway
The International Water History Association (IWHA) 2nd conference will
bring
together researchers from different disciplines who all study the
character
and role of freshwater in history and development.
While freshwater is a true universal and no human being and no society
can
exist without it, its natural characteristics vary extremely from place
to
place and from time to time. Societies have managed and harnessed water
in
various ways with various implications both for water resources and for
society. This conference will explore these variations in man/water
relations
in time and space, and examine why some societies have apparently
succeeded,
while others have failed to secure a sound management system of their
fresh
water.
The conference will have two main aims:
- to present different empirical research findings and to create a
forum
for theoretical discussions on how the relationship between man and water
can
be analysed and understood in the most fruitful ways.
- to produce relevant input into present day debates about issues
including the control and ownership of water, water conflicts and water
pollution.
At the conference there will also be a general meeting of the
International
Water History Association to discuss election of officials, further
conference
plans etc.
The conference will present a mix of keynote lectures and contributed
papers
and posters. Keynote speakers will be announced later.
We are inviting papers on the following themes:
(These themes are provisional at the moment - the organisers will welcome
suggestions for individual papers and sessions):
A. The political economy of water ownership and control
This session will deal with the changing histories of water as a private
or
common good. In what way has water been seen as a commodity standing
outside
'normal' economic theories? It will also be open to papers examining how
regional and national control of water resources have been embedded into
patterns of economic and political control within and across national
boundaries, and has stirred up territorial disputes.
B. Images of water (in religion, myths, literature and art)
This session will deal with different aspects of the cultural
construction of
water from ancient days until contemporary time. We are calling for
papers on
for example the role of water in the world religions, myths of rivers as
a
source of life, and water as an object of art. Other themes could be the
free
flowing river as a state of equilibrium or as a chaotic and violent
nature
meant to be controlled by man.
C. History of hydrology and water control
This session will especially deal with the development of hydrological
sciences and water controlling technology. We are not only interested
in dam building
and water regulation technology. We are also inviting papers on changes
in and
effects from irrigation and drainage technology etc. The session will
encourage comparative perspectives on irrigation and drainage
systems, both regarding
technology, institutions and policy.
D. Narratives on the river and the dam
This session will discuss the harnessed river in a social construction
perspective. What stories do we tell about free flowing, or harnessed
rivers?
Should this history be written as a history of progress or as a history
of
failure? The narratives have varied from a river lost to the rebirth of a
new
river or the remaking of a new nature. The narratives have also been
written in a perspective of distribution of power (The Conquered
River) or in ecological
perspective (The Devastated River). How will the stories that we tell
about
man and the river influence the way we interpret rivers in the 21st
century?
E. The engineering of water systems engineers, entrepreneurs and
bureaucrats
This session will examine the cultures, traditions and power of those
designing and constructing water systems. It will, for example, look
at engineers with
reference to their aesthetic and technical influences, and their
relationship
to political power structures. It will also, for example, examine the
entrepreneurial capabilities and goals of individuals, from private
sector
firms, or government departments, who conceived or guided the
construction of
water systems.
F. 'Water and man' relations in science
This session will deal with how the relationship man/water has been
understood
and explained through the centuries and by contemporary scientists in all
kinds of disciplines and traditions.
G. History of water, sanitation and health
In this session studies of water and health will be presented by a broad
focus
on water borne diseases and their vectors. We also call for papers that
deal
with the relationship between epidemics and water and how societies have
worked to secure clean water to stem epidemics. This session will
also deal with
changes in water quality, and how these changes can be seen related to
social
developments. We also call for papers discussing the understandings both
contemporary and historical of the concept of clean/polluted water.
H. Water, poverty and social development
This session will deal with development of the modern megalopolis and the
water and sewage question and how clean water can be made available
for the poor.
Important changes are taken place in the distribution and control of
water for
household consumption. In some big cities the water issue has caused
political turmoil, even street-fighting. How does the privatisation
wave in water
distribution affect social relations, political systems and the water
supply
system? How does lack of water and poor distribution systems affect
development and development in rural areas of the so-called "Third
World"?
I. Freshwater and the coastal zone integrated and ecological management
The main focus will be put on conflicts between user-interests,
especially
interrelated problems of freshwater, estuarine and marine areas. Both
examples
of how conflicts have been coped with historically, and more recently
evolved
problems and opportunities will be addressed. We also call for papers
discussing principles for management of freshwater resources, estuarine
and
marine areas, as in the integrated and ecological approach in the new EU
Water
Resources Directive. Finally, attention will also be paid to the
development of environmental goals and planning tools of interrelated
fresh water, estuarine
and marine areas.
J. Regional waters in a historical perspective
The conference will organise parallel sessions on water issues in a
regional
perspective (Asia, Middle East and Africa, Europe, America). Regional
characteristics and different experiences and possibilities of human
exploitation of water resources will be highlighted. The aim is to
stimulate
regional research collaboration and improve transfer of knowledge on man
water
relations.
The conference papers will be edited by an international editorial
committee
and subsequently published. In connection with the conference we will
organise
a book exhibition on water related research. We will invite participants
to
send the organising committee leaflets about reports and books published
on
the conference topic. The conference is organised in co-operation with
UNESCO=s
International Hydrological Programme.
It is envisaged that travel support will be available for selected
speakers. It is the intention of the organisers to target this
support towards speakers
from universities and institutions which do not normally provide
sufficient
resources to fund extensive foreign travel.
Conference location
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway, and the capital of the
Scandinavian rain coast. It is also a commercial centre which was
historically
one of the Hanseatic ports with strong maritime trading links to all
parts of
the world. Seven mountains surround it and the city is renowned for its
beauty. Bergen is also noted for being the birthplace of Edvard Grieg
whose music
reflects the natural environment; mountains, fjords, but also running
water
everywhere. The location of the conference hall, Bergen Kongress Senter,
is
downtown Bergen.
Summer holiday on the western coast of Norway?
The conference organisers have managed to negotiate with local hotels a
good
deal for accompanying persons. In August Bergen and the Norwegian West
Coast
with its mountains, ocean and fjords often experience good weather. (Have
a
look at these pages:
www.bergen-guide.com/ and home.no.net/rostrand/)
Organising Committee on behalf of IWHA:
Professor Terje Tvedt, University of Bergen
Professor Petter Larsson, University of Bergen
Dr. Eva Jakobsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Contact person: Alv Terje Fotland,
Centre for Development Studies
University of Bergen
Stromgaten 54,
N-5007 Bergen, Norway
fax: + 47 55 58 98 92
e-mail: Alv.Fotland@sfu.uib.no
http://www.svf.uib.no/sfu/nsw/
Time schedule:
Abstracts: 15. October 2000
Conference programme December 2000
Papers: 1. August 2001
Conference: 10.-12. August 2001
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