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The economic anthropology of water

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ID2048971
AuthorsA Wutich (0000-0003-4164-1632, Arizona State University, corresponding author), Melissa Beresford (0000-0002-5707-3943, San Jose State University)
Year2019
Volume6
Issue2
Pages168-182
Publication date2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2330-4847 • E-ISSN: 2330-4847
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sea2.12153
OpenAlexW2948432699
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited175

Anthropological research on water and economy has a long and rich history, especially among archaeologists and political economy scholars. In this review article, we discuss contemporary anthropological scholarship on water and economy to identify still-active areas of long-standing theoretical interest as well as novel theoretical approaches. We present five important threads of scholarship on the economic anthropology of water: (1) commodification, exchange, and diverse economies; (2) the political ecology of water; (3) resilience and sustainability; (4) institutions; and (5) water and health. We explain how these theoretical approaches fit into broader trends in anthropological scholarship on water, explore how they advance the economic anthropology of water specifically, and identify ways that economic anthropologists can make new contributions to these literatures

Commodification · Ecological anthropology · Economic anthropology · Political ecology · Sociocultural anthropology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Water Governance and Infrastructure

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Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
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