Tupuna Awa - People and Politics of the Waikato River

Who does own the water in New Zealand - if anyone - and why does it matter? Offering some human context around that fraught question, Tupuna Awa looks at the people and politics of the Waikato River.

Info autore

Marama Muru-Lanning is of Waikato and Ngati Maniapoto descent and holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Auckland. She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Anthropology Department, and is now a Senior Research Fellow at the James Henare Maori Research Centre. Muru-Lanning's work is primarily concerned with issues and debates in Environmental and Indigenous Anthropology; her current research focuses on the commodification and privatisation of freshwater and other natural resources in New Zealand and around the globe. Her first book, Tupuna Awa, derives from her 2010 PhD thesis.

Riassunto

Who does own the water in New Zealand - if anyone - and why does it matter? Offering some human context around that fraught question, Tupuna Awa looks at the people and politics of the Waikato River.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Muru Lanning Marama, Marama Muru-Lanning
• Editore: Auckland University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781869408503
• ISBN: 978-1-86940-850-3
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali