Enacting new freshwater geographies: Te Awaroa and the transformative imagination. (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salmond, Anne; Tadaki, Marc; Gregory, Tim; Tadaki, Marc; Fuller, Ian
• Is Part Of: New Zealand geographer. Volume 70:Number 1(2014:Apr.)
• Page Start: 47
• Page End: 55
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: Geography -- Periodicals; New Zealand -- Description and travel -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1111/nzg.12039
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-8144

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Water is a central element of social and material life, and the institutions created around water embody societal values. While mainstream interpretations focus on the quantity and quality of water, we argue that a greater risk to the health of waterways is the philosophical disconnection between people and water, expressed through institutions and technologies of alienation. A structural response based on cultural transformation is needed, cultivating diverse institutions of care that enable communities to reconnect with their waterways based on more‐than‐economic relations. <italic>Te A</italic><italic>waroa</italic> seeks to transform long‐term relationships between people and water to ensure that waterways and their communities alike are in a state of <italic>ora</italic> (health, well‐being and prosperity).</p> </abstract>