Great rivers, great dams, great mess Two book reviews of ethnographies detailing life in the shadows of large hydropower dam projects were recently… Read more
Unnatural theory. Or: what the construction of the unnatural can tell us about how humans make meaning An essay reflecting on “the unnatural” has just been published in a collection on cultural theory, co-authored by a… Read more
CfP "Wet horizons: hydrosocial re-articulations in the Anthropocene" at EASA 2020, Lisbon We invite colleagues from anthropology and related disciplines to present their research and discuss "hydrosocial… Read more
Delta Methods - working paper published We are happy to announce that our edited collection on 'Delta methods: reflections on researching hydrosocial… Read more
Leaving the Tana Delta, Kenya - and finding myself in the Saloum-Delta, Senegal In late Summer 2017, when I (Sandro) was starting to engage into longterm fieldwork, my research site, the Tana Delta… Read more
The latest issue "Social Water" of the GSSC web magazine Voices from around the World We are happy to announce the new publication "Social Water" with thrilling contributions from our DELTA members Sandro… Read more
Fragile ground, contested soil in places of wetness A recent publication by a DELTA project team member illustrates how wetland farmers negotiated access, control and… Read more
Why (not) adopting an infrastructural analytic? This post offers some reflexions on the recent infrastructural turn in the humanities. Read more
DeltaLab#2 - Infrastructure On our second lab session, we explore the puzzling world of infrastructure. This blog post reflects some ideas, thoughts… Read more
Infrastructuring delta environments: a matter of rhythms This blog post is a result of the Delta workshop: “An anthropology of and for river deltas” held in August 2016 at the… Read more
