Water, Life, and Profit

Fluid Economies and Cultures of Niamey, Niger
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-337-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 434 g

Water, Life, and Profit offers a holistic analysis of the people, economies, cultural symbolism, and material culture involved in the management, production, distribution, and consumption of drinking water in the urban context of Niamey, Niger. Paying particular attention to two key groups of people who provide water to most of Niamey’s residents - door-to-door water vendors, and those who sell water in one-half-liter plastic bags (sachets) on the street or in small shops – the authors offer new insights into how Niamey’s water economies  affect gender, ethnicity, class, and spatial structure today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keough, Sara Beth

Youngstedt, Scott M.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Dürre und Wasserversorgung 
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Water? Why Now?

Chapter 1. Situating Water in the 21st Century

Chapter 2. Historical Urban Development in Niamey

Chapter 3. Accessing Water in Niamey

Chapter 4. Water Delivery Vendors in Niamey

Chapter 5. “Pure Water” in Niamey

Chapter 6. Fluid Materialism in Niamey

Conclusion

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Youngstedt, Scott M.
Scott M. Youngstedt is Professor of Anthropology at Saginaw Valley State University and President ex officio of the West African Research Association. He has been conducting ethnographic research in Niger over the past 30 years.

Keough, Sara Beth
Sara Beth Keough is Professor of Geography at Saginaw Valley State University. Her research focuses on material culture and human-environment interactions in West Africa and Canada, particularly water access and urban development in resource-dependent communities. She has served as Editor of the academic journal Material Culture since 2008.

Sara Beth Keough is Professor of Geography at Saginaw Valley State University. Her research focuses on material culture and human-environment interactions in West Africa and Canada, particularly water access and urban development in resource-dependent communities. She has served as Editor of the academic journal Material Culture since 2008.