John R Wagner
Biographic Data
| ID | 153233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John R Wagner |
| GIVEN NAMES | John R |
| FAMILY NAME | Wagner |
| SIGNATURE | WAGNER J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5648-1152 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 141 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Social Life of Water
Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert water from rivers, lakes, and aquifers to our homes, workplaces, irrigation canals, and hydro-generating stations. We use it for bathing, swimming, recreation, and it functions as a symbol of purity in ritual performances. In order to facilitate and manage our relationship with water, we develop institutions, technologies, and cultural practices en…
Rivers of Memory and Forgetting
Introduction
Our intention in this volume is to make an original and innovative contribution to the ethnographic record of Oceania while also contributing to global debates about rivers and fresh water. Given the historical tendency for human societies everywhere to situate themselves near rivers, lakes, streams and other sources of fresh, flowing water, one might expect to find abundant, detailed descriptions of rivers in the early ethnographic record. But t…
Island Rivers
Anthropologists have written a great deal about the coastal adaptations and seafaring traditions of Pacific Islanders, but have had much less to say about the significance of rivers for Pacific island culture, livelihood and identity. The authors of this collection seek to fill that gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep historical attachments of
Social Life of Water
Water and the Commons Imaginary
The term "commons" has come to signify a much broader set of meanings than that assigned to it by academic scholars. In public discourse, water is often referred to as a commons in situations where it exists as public property under the control of the state or as private property in the form of state-issued water licenses. In recent studies of the "new commons," such as music, the Internet, and policing, the term is used to signify virtually any …
Who Knows? On the Importance of Identifying "Experts" When Researching Local Ecological Knowledge
Environmental History in the Pacific World
Reflections on the Interest Elasticity of the Demand for Money
Who Knows? On the Importance of Identifying "Experts" When Researching Local Ecological Knowledge
Water and the Commons Imaginary
The term "commons" has come to signify a much broader set of meanings than that assigned to it by academic scholars. In public discourse, water is often referred to as a commons in situations where it exists as public property under the control of the state or as private property in the form of state-issued water licenses. In recent studies of the "new commons," such as music, the Internet, and policing, the term is used to signify virtually any …
Island Rivers
Anthropologists have written a great deal about the coastal adaptations and seafaring traditions of Pacific Islanders, but have had much less to say about the significance of rivers for Pacific island culture, livelihood and identity. The authors of this collection seek to fill that gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep historical attachments of
Reflections on the Interest Elasticity of the Demand for Money
Environmental History in the Pacific World
Who Knows? On the Importance of Identifying "Experts" When Researching Local Ecological Knowledge
Water and the Commons Imaginary
The term "commons" has come to signify a much broader set of meanings than that assigned to it by academic scholars. In public discourse, water is often referred to as a commons in situations where it exists as public property under the control of the state or as private property in the form of state-issued water licenses. In recent studies of the "new commons," such as music, the Internet, and policing, the term is used to signify virtually any …
Social Life of Water
Rivers of Memory and Forgetting
Introduction
Our intention in this volume is to make an original and innovative contribution to the ethnographic record of Oceania while also contributing to global debates about rivers and fresh water. Given the historical tendency for human societies everywhere to situate themselves near rivers, lakes, streams and other sources of fresh, flowing water, one might expect to find abundant, detailed descriptions of rivers in the early ethnographic record. But t…
Island Rivers
Anthropologists have written a great deal about the coastal adaptations and seafaring traditions of Pacific Islanders, but have had much less to say about the significance of rivers for Pacific island culture, livelihood and identity. The authors of this collection seek to fill that gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep historical attachments of
The Social Life of Water
Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert water from rivers, lakes, and aquifers to our homes, workplaces, irrigation canals, and hydro-generating stations. We use it for bathing, swimming, recreation, and it functions as a symbol of purity in ritual performances. In order to facilitate and manage our relationship with water, we develop institutions, technologies, and cultural practices en…
Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works)