Fluid kinship
Race, power, and the hydrosocial order of water flow along New Mexico's acequias
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E T Jaramillo (0000-0001-9933-7786, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA; University of New Mexico, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 718-735 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263775819879719 |
| OpenAlex | W2977824960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 31 |
In New Mexico, the marketization of water rights, urbanization, and the legacies of colonialism divide neighbors and pit them against one another over water. New Mexico's acequias (community irrigation ditches) are organized by water flow, and the physical and interpersonal connections that enable it and are enabled by it. I examine the way that the social and material reality of water flow troubles deeply embedded racial and socioeconomic divisions by creating what I call fluid kinship: a social space that flows like an acequia, according to a topography of human relationships. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with acequia users in New Mexico, I elucidate how fluid kinship can reshape the terms of water conflict into unexpected configurations. By drawing attention to fluid kinship, I seek to elucidate the potentiality of the acequia as a counter-geography of relatedness and possible reconciliation
Geography · Kinship · Sociology · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Forgotten People
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Ritual, History and Power
The Pastoral Clinic
Regions, Networks and Fluids
The Language of Blood
The “Commons” Versus the “Commodity”
Through the aqueduct and the courts
Custom and Contradiction
Hydrosocial territories
The hydrosocial cycle
The Politics of Disciplining Water Rights
Between Fixity and Motion
The commons
Art, Tourism, and Race Relations in Taos
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Common Senses
Pressure
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |