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Picture Caption: Oman, Wahiba Sands. Photo by Nicolas Rénac on Flickr.

Curated Group: Water

This group collects think pieces and videos that reveal some of humanity’s multifarious responses to water—demonstrating metaphorical, aesthetic, and narrative approaches to understanding our relationship to water and our watery planet, as well as reporting on military and political efforts to control water in times and locations of scarcity.

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  • Lebanese women wave their national flag and hold placards as they take part in a protest in Beirut

    Environmental Activism in the Middle East: Prospects and Challenges

    — Jeannie L. Sowers —

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    From Local Knowledge: Ecological Relationships in the World of Water

    — Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, Maria Clara van der Hammen, Luis Angel Trujillo, Confucio Hernandez —

  • Name and Draw: An Exploration of Communicating Traditional Knowledge in the Work of Abel Rodríguez

    — Abel Rodríguez, Maria Clara van der Hammen, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez —

  • Picture Caption: Oman, Wahiba Sands. Photo by Nicolas Rénac on Flickr.

    Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa

    — Neda A. Zawahri —

  • What Water Teaches: Wissenschaft in the Age of Sea Level Rise

    — Simon Richter —

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    There is No End to Out | M. NourbeSe Philip reads from Zong!

  • Abel Rodríguez, Maria Clara van der Hammen, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez

    — Tropenbos International Colombia —

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    Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, Maria Clara van der Hammen, Luis Angel Trujillo, Confucio Hernandez

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  • J Sowers portrait

    Jeannie L. Sowers

    — University of New Hampshire —

  • Neda A. Zawahri

    — Cleveland State University —

  • Simon Richter portrait

    Simon Richter

    — University of Pennsylvania —

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