Global dynamics of hydro-sociality in river heritage landscapes of the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau.

Informazioni relative al progetto

HYSOTIB

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 839511

DOI

10.3030/839511

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 18 Marzo 2019

Data di avvio 1 Marzo 2020

Data di completamento 11 Febbraio 2024

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Costo totale

€ 251 353,92

Contributo UE

€ 251 353,92

Coordinato da

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - HYSOTIB (Global dynamics of hydro-sociality in river heritage landscapes of the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau.)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2022-03-01 al 2023-02-28

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

HYSOTIB is a study of hydro-social dynamics in the Upper Yangtze river conservancy area, which is part of the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau's "Three-river source" (together with the Mekong and Yellow rivers). The project was originally intended to be an ethnographic research conducted on-site; however, because of the COVID-19 epidemic and related border restrictions, this was not possible. As a result, HYSOTIB was transformed into a geo-historical research using Western, Chinese, and Tibetan literary and cartographic materials, as well as ethnographic data gathered by the principal investigator prior to 2020. The research focuses on human mobility along a non-navigable section of the Upper Yangtze and the main trade corridors on the Sino-Tibetan border in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In doing so, HYSOTIB explores the Three-river source as an important river heritage landscape in China within the context of global heritage and water challenges.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

Due to the pandemic's restricted mobility, it was not possible to conduct research on site. Thus, the current research work focuses on the analysis of geo-historical data about the Three River Source area and on contemporary China's water management and its global implications.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

HYSOTIB provides wider understanding on how the area of the Three River sources as a key riverine landscape and frontier area has historically influenced mobility and power dynamics among the local communities and travellers between 1800 and 1950s. It also provides insight into key debates on contemporary management of the rivers of the Great Himalayan watershed.