Visualizing aquifers: sustainable water use in the Atacama Desert and beyond

Projektinformationen

INVISIBLE WATERS

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 706346

DOI 10.3030/706346

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 22 März 2016

Startdatum 1 Januar 2017

Enddatum 30 Juni 2019

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 190 862,10

EU-Beitrag € 190 862,10

Koordiniert durch

STICHTING IHE DELFT INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION
Netherlands

Ziel

Billions of people rely for their everyday existence on aquifers. The invisibility of these waters, however, poses formidable challenges for those who rely on them: locating, measuring and controlling aquifers is complex and precarious, yet of utmost importance for human survival in many parts of the world. The overall aim of the proposed project is to explore the vital connections between humans and aquifers in everyday life. Building on trans-disciplinary studies that consider water as the contested nexus of social and political affairs, this project explores groundwater as both mediating and generating diverse ‘groundwater practices’: as an invisible resource, groundwater requires visualization; as an underground supply, it calls for innovative extractive techniques; as a finite good, groundwater needs to be regulated and controlled; and as a practical everyday resource, it sustains irrigation, sanitation, and human consumption. Through ethnographic fieldwork in Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, this project will develop an analytical framework to understand how social relations are affected by various groundwater practices. The proposed research will explore such practices with a focus on the effects that the visualization of aquifers has on socio-economic and eco-political inequalities. Through transdisciplinary training at the Universidad Católica del Norte, I will strengthen methodological skills to study the groundwater practices of indigenous communities, hydro-geologists and state administrators. I will transfer the acquired skills to the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, where I will strengthen understandings of the dynamics among groundwater practices, power, and culture, providing trans-disciplinary input for policymakers engaged in the design and realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. Findings will be disseminated among policymakers, academics, and broader audiences concerned with environmental sustainability.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › electrochemistry › electric batteries
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › water engineering › irrigation
• social sciences › sociology › governance › crisis management
• social sciences › political sciences › political policies › civil society
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2015-GF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF)

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF-GF - Global Fellowships

Koordinator

STICHTING IHE DELFT INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 190 862,10
• Adresse: WESTVEST 7 ; 2611 AX Delft ; Niederlande
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Delft en Westland
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: € 190 862,10

Partner (1)

Partner

Partnerorganisationen tragen zur Umsetzung der Aktion bei, unterzeichnen jedoch nicht die Finanzhilfevereinbarung.

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

Chile

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 0,00
• Adresse: AVENIDA ANGAMOS 0610 ; Antofagasta
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 102 062,70