City water matters : cultures, practices and entanglements of urban water /
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| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1: City Water Matters: Cultures, Practices and Entanglements of Urban Water-An Introduction; Crisis; Water Resources and Infrastructures; Post-humanist Approaches; Culture, Everyday Life and Symbolic Meanings; References; 2: Public Water Features: Assembling Publics, Enlivening Spaces, Promoting Regeneration; Rome: Enacting Power; Istanbul; Paris; Assembling Publics: Fountains and Public Space; Enhancing Regeneration; City Branding and Place Making; Thirst Quenching; Conclusion; References
- 3: Consuming Water: Habits, Rituals and State InterventionsPatterns of Consumption; Leakage and Infrastructure; Bottled Water; Strategies for Water Consumption; Affect; Habits; Meaning of the Home; Conclusion; References; 4: River Powers: Assembling Publics, Connections and Materials in a Global City; Mid-Nineteenth Century to Mid-Twentieth Century; 'Workers on the Silent Highway' (Thomson 1877); Mudlarks, Sewer Hunters, Dredgers and Purl Men; Unruly Waters; River Crossings; Rebirth of the Thames: Connecting Places; Watery Pleasures; Fashionable Pleasures; Sailing Barges; Conclusion
- 7: Differentiating Water: Cultural Practices and ContestationsPurification Rituals; Muslim Practices; Jewish Practices; A Question of Politics; Votive Objects and Scattering of Ashes; Deploying Religion for Water Conservation; Gendering of Water; Conclusion; References; 8: Water Traces in Urban Space; Horse Troughs; Water Tap, Africa; Thames Steps; Rye Cistern; Aqueducts; Brewery; Bondi Outflow; References; 9: Final Word