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Freshwater supply as sociotechnical tinkering: the co-creation of water knowledge and assemblages in New Caledonia

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This article aims to show that in-depth ethnography of processes and acts of sociotechnical tinkering provide a useful starting point for understanding how water knowledge co-creation works. This is even more relevant in countries with a strong legacy of settler colonization and continued power asymmetries between holders of different water-related knowledges and ontologies. Analyzing infrastructural and sociotechnical forms of tinkering helps understand how various water assemblages interact with official norms, strategies and laws. Drawing on the study of this tinkering practice, this article looks at how the people of Touho, in New Caledonia, assemble different forms of knowledge to understand, access and drink water.

Source: Journal of Political Ecology

DOI: 10.2458/jpe.5289

Authors: Olga Peytavi, Séverine Bouard, Pierre-Yves Le Meur, Caroline Lejars

Institutions: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IAC (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Water Governance and Infrastructure

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4386749274

FWCI: 3.971

Cites: 13

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10