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  • Benjamin H. Kohl Social Justice Leture: Katie Meehan

Benjamin H. Kohl Social Justice Leture: Katie Meehan

    College of Liberal Arts

    Katie Meehan, University of Oregon, Department of Geography

    Title: Water Justice in Mexico City: Grassroots Innovation and Paradoxical Promise

    Abstract: How might we (re)plumb cities for twenty-first century social and environmental challenges? In 2012, Mexico enshrined the human right to water in its constitution, and yet Mexico City residents still suffer from spatial and social inequalities of public water access, reliability, quality, and service. In the crucible of dysfunction, grassroots efforts have emerged to build new kinds of infrastructural relationships between people, water, and the city. This presentation reports on the promise and perils of grassroots sociotechnical innovation and institutional change in Mexico City, based on a five-year ethnographic study of urban rainwater harvesting, and explores coordinates for a just agenda of water supply experimentation.

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    Created By: College of Liberal Arts, Center for Sustainable Communities, Environmental Studies, Geographic Information Systems, Geography and Urban Studies
    Sponsors: Department of Geography and Urban Studies
    Open To: Public
    Intended Audience: Open to all
    Type: Lecture
    Tags: social justice // geography and urban studies // environmental studies // Center for Sustainable Communities // College of Liberal Arts

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