Delta life: exploring dynamic environments where rivers meet the sea

Franz Krause; Mark Harris

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Delta life: exploring dynamic environments where rivers meet the sea

Franz Krause^* (Editor), Mark Harris^* (Editor)

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Proposing a series of innovative steps towards better understanding human lives at the interstices of water and land, this volume includes eight ethnographies from deltas around the world. The book presents ‘delta life’ with intimate descriptions of the predicaments, imaginations and activities of delta inhabitants. Conceptually, the collection develops ‘delta life’ as a metaphor for approaching continual and intersecting sociocultural, economic and material transformations more widely. The book revolves around questions of hydrosociality, volatility, rhythms and scale. It thereby yields insights into people’s lives that conventional, hydrological approaches to deltas cannot provide.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Berghahn
Number of pages	237
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800734166
ISBN (Print)	9781800731240, 9781800739345
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv29sfz8b
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2021

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Name	Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology
Volume	28

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Conclusion: confluences and distributaries in delta life

Introduction: life at water's edge

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