New Search Search History

Holdings Information

Action Navigation

Action Box More Info Navigation

    Action Box

    Downstream : reimagining water / Dorothy Christian and Rita Wong, editors.

    Bibliographic Record Display

    • Title:Downstream : reimagining water / Dorothy Christian and Rita Wong, editors.
    •    
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Christian, Dorothy, 1950- editor.
      Wong, Rita, editor.
      Xwi7xwa Collection.
    • Published/Created:Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2017]
      ©2017

    • Holdings

      Holdings Record Display

       
    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Natural resources.
      Indigenous Peoples--Environmental concerns.
    • Library of Congress Subjects: Water--Social aspects.
    • Description:x, 288 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
    • Series:Environmental humanities.
    • Summary:"Downstream: Reimagining Water brings together artists, writers, scientists, scholars, environmentalists, and activists who understand that our shared human need for clean water is crucial to building peace and good relationships with one another and the planet. This book explores the key roles that culture, arts, and the humanities play in supporting healthy water-based ecology and provides local, global, and Indigenous perspectives on water that help to guide our societies in a time of global warming. The contributions range from practical to visionary, and each of the four sections closes with a poem to encourage personal freedom along with collective care. This book contributes to the formation of an intergenerational, culturally inclusive, participatory water ethic. Such an ethic arises from intellectual courage, spiritual responsibilities, practical knowledge, and deep appreciation for human dependence on water for a meaningful quality of life. Downstream illuminates how water teaches us interdependence with other humans and living creatures, both near and far."--Back cover.
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781771122139 (paperback)
      1771122137 (paperback)
      9781771122146
      9781771122153
    • Contents:1. Planetary Distress Signals / Alanna Mitchell
      2. Water / Lee Maracle
      3. Interweaving Water: The Incremental Transformation of Sovereign Knowledge into Collaborative Knowledge / Michael D. Blackstock
      4. Water and Knowledge / Astrida Neimanis
      5. Excerpts from "a child's fable" / Baco Ohama
      6. Water: The First Foundation of Life / Mona Polacca
      7. From Our Homelands to the Tar Sands / Melina Laboucan Massimo
      8. Keepers of the Water: Nishnaabe-kwewag Speaking for the Water / Renee Elizabeth Mzinegiizhigo-kwe Bedard
      9. Water Walk Pedagogy / Violet Caibaiosai
      10. A Response to Pascua Lama / Cecilia Vicuna
      11. Moving with Water: Relationship and Responsibilities / Alannah Young Leon and Denise Marie Nadeau
      12. Bodies of Water: Meaning in Movement / Seonagh Odhiambo Horne
      13. Upstream: A Conversation with Water / Cathy Stubington
      14. Ice Receding, Books Reseeding / Basia Irland
      15. Tsunami Chant / Wang Ping
      16. Listening to the Elders at the Keepers of the Water Gathering /Radha D'Souza
      17. Coastal Waters in Distress from Excessive Nutrients / Paul J. Harrison
      18. Bodies of Water: Asian Canadians In/Action with Water /Janey Lew
      19. Permeable Toronto: A Hydro-Eutopia / Janine MacLeod
      20. Saturate/Dissolve: Water for Itself, Un-Settler Responsibilities, and Radical Humility / Larissa Lai
      21. Bring Me Back / Janet Rogers.
    Session Timeout
    New Session