Fresh Water
New Perspectives on Water in Australia

Emily Potter (Edited by), Alison Mackinnon (Edited by), St Mckenzie (Edited by), Jennifer Mckay (Edited by)

9780522854244

Paperback / softback, published 15 August 2007

221 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.355 kg

Is water a resource or is it the source? Is it something to be consumed or does it have a life of its own? Recent histories of environmental misunderstanding and exploitation shadow our current regime of water management and use. While governments grapple with how to respond to widespread drought, the situation worsens. There is something amiss in current approaches to water. This timely collection of essays addresses the critical and contentious issue of water in Australia today and suggests a need to radically rethink our relationship with this fundamental substance. Contributors from a range of fields, from anthropology to visual arts, discuss the various ways in which we are caught up with water, and challenge us to take up the cultural transformations that underpin a sustainable ecological future.