| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) |
| Series |
New African histories |
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New African histories series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The giver of abundance and peace : water and society on the slopes of Kilimanjaro -- The mountains of Jagga : encountering Africa's Olympus in the nineteenth century -- Do not believe that every cloud will bring rain : water cooperation in the era of German colonialism, 1885/1918 -- From abundance to scarcity : rethinking the waterscape and local knowledge, 1923/48 -- Water brings harm : transformations in household water management, 1930/50 -- More and better water : emerging nationalisms and high modernist management, 1945/85 -- Water is our gift from God! : devolution and cost recovery in the neoliberal era -- It is God's will, and also deforestation : global versus local in the disappearance of the glaciers -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
In Water Brings No Harm, Matthew V. Bender explores the history of community water management on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro's Chagga-speaking peoples have long managed water by employing diverse knowledge: hydrological, technological, social, cultural, and political. Since the 1850s, they have encountered groups from beyond the mountain--colonial officials, missionaries, settlers, the independent Tanzanian state, development agencies, and climate scientists--who have understood water differently. Drawing on the concept of waterscapes--a term that describes how people "see" water, and how physical water resources intersect with their own beliefs, needs, and expectations--Bender argues that water conflicts should be understood as struggles between competing forms of knowledge. Water Brings No Harm encourages readers to think about the origins and interpretation of knowledge and development in Africa and the global south. It also speaks to the current global water crisis, proposing a new model for approaching sustainable water development worldwide--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2019) |
| Subject |
Chaga (African people) -- Tanzania
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Water security -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount
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Water-supply -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount -- Management
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HISTORY -- Historical Geography.
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Chaga (African people)
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Water security
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Water-supply -- Management
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Tanzania
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Tanzania -- Mount Kilimanjaro
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0821446789 |
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9780821446782 |
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