Water Wars / Politics of River Systems

Instructor: Dr. Dalia Wahdan


This course examines some of the most controversial aspects of the use of natural resources. It focuses on the socio-political issues of water resource management and sharing, the building of large dams and their effects on the natural environment and local populations. Bearing in mind the trans-national nature of natural resources and the mega projects constructed to regulate them; case studies will be presented and critically examined from an anthropological perspective.  Issues of human versus cultural rights over access to resources will be assessed  and how politics of governance are played out on multiple scales from the national to the international and the global will be explored.


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