Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.pref
E. Moors
Water managers face many urgent challenges. Sea levels are rising, floods and droughts are in- creasing in frequency and intensity, while population growth and socio-economic transitions in- crease water demand. These challenges cannot be resolved by technological innovation alone. To adapt to the changing requirements of water systems, we need to not only rethink institutions, laws and policies, but also to reflect on past cultures and the often-overlooked relationship between humans, water and eco-systems. We need to include the larger public and elevate their awareness of the value of water, spark more interest and foster engagement. Water challenges are also socio-cultural challenges: they are anchored in local practices, cultures and traditions. To tackle these complex challenges, we need a better understanding of the interconnections be- tween water, cultures and societies, over time and through space. Researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines and approaches need to forge a shared approach that connects techno- logical innovation with historical, anthropological, political and economic aspects. This new journal, Blue Papers, aims to contribute by bringing together different disciplinary ap- proaches and stakeholders around the theme of water, culture and heritage. It will shine light on local adaptations and global visions. It will demonstrate the value of traditional knowledge and of the involvement of marginalized groups to develop sustainable management of water. In this way, Blue Papers aspires to foster cross-disciplinary connections that will help the world tackle the urgent water challenges we as humanity face today.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.ed
C. Hein, Hilde Sennema, Matteo D’Agostino, Carlien Donkor, Queenie Lin
Humans have shaped water in all its forms and functions over time; they have controlled water through infrastructures, institutions and legislations. Many of the decisions made have benefited individuals, communities and nations; but many have also created new forms of injustice, making water the epicenter of societal issues and conflict from time past. Upstream and downstream com- munities have long been in conflict about the amount of water shared, its cleanliness or its use. Providing drinking water to some can mean cutting off others; creating dams to generate energy or store water may prevent fish from migrating. Building dikes can protect some people and put others in harm’s way. Institutions can protect and guide the functioning of water systems through laws and regulations. Innovations in technology, economic setup or political structure can lead to transformations of infrastructures and to an imbalance with the institutional system. As infrastructures grow beyondinstitutional boundaries (including national boundaries), planning control is often lacking. Once established, infrastructures and institutions can also delay change. Watersheds, for example, are often controlled by multiple institutions and therefore are not holistically regulated. Large-scale systems, moreover, often take away the agency of local groups and their access to water. Climate change intensifies the challenges presented by historical path dependencies. With momentum building to achieve goals and targets by 2030, we must carefully assess governing laws, policies and institutions with an eye to their role in solving (or impeding) today’s water-related problems. The second issue of Blue Papers focuses on relationships between infrastructure, governance sys- tems and regulations. Authors from diverse disciplines and geographical backgrounds explore the multiple ways in which legislation and water rights relate to traditional water systems and local water cultures. The challenges of water management are also reflected in those of heritage gov- ernance. In the heritage field, the themes of nature and culture are separated, making it difficult to address the fields of water and heritage comprehensively. Given the interdependencies and con- flicting interests of different stakeholders involved, we need a shared vision, (re)connecting water and heritage sectors so human and non-human actors can contribute to a sustainable tomorrow. Jacqueline Vel, Tody Sasmitha Jiwa Utama, Hertasning Ichlas and Adriaan Bedner open up part I with reflections on the ways in which past legislation threatens traditional water management systems, such as the rice terraces in Indonesia. Questions of water rights are also at the heart of Rutgerd Boelens’ “Riverhood” project, in which he explores the disenfranchisement of local water cultures and proposes new forms of justice in water management. Karim Nawaz argues for the recognition of spate irrigation as a sustainable irrigation system and for
随着时间的推移，人类塑造了水的各种形式和功能;他们通过基础设施、机构和立法来控制水资源。作出的许多决定使个人、社区和国家受益;但许多人也创造了新的不公正形式，使水成为过去社会问题和冲突的中心。长期以来，上游和下游社区在共享水量、水的清洁度和水的使用方面一直存在冲突。向一些人提供饮用水可能意味着切断其他人的饮水;建造水坝来产生能量或储存水可能会阻止鱼类洄游。修建堤坝可以保护一些人，也可以把其他人置于危险之中。机构可以通过法律法规保护和指导水系统的运作。技术、经济设置或政治结构方面的创新可导致基础设施的转变和与体制系统的不平衡。由于基础设施的发展超出了体制边界(包括国家边界)，规划控制往往是缺乏的。基础设施和制度一旦建立，也会延缓变革。例如，流域通常由多个机构控制，因此不受整体管制。此外，大规模的供水系统往往剥夺了当地群体的能动性和他们获得水的机会。气候变化加剧了历史路径依赖带来的挑战。随着到2030年实现目标和具体目标的势头日益增强，我们必须仔细评估相关法律、政策和机构，着眼于它们在解决(或阻碍)当今与水有关的问题方面的作用。蓝皮书的第二期重点关注基础设施、治理体系和法规之间的关系。来自不同学科和地理背景的作者探讨了立法和水权与传统水系统和当地水文化相关的多种方式。水资源管理的挑战也反映在遗产管理的挑战上。在遗产领域，自然和文化的主题是分开的，很难综合处理水和遗产领域。鉴于不同利益相关者之间的相互依赖和利益冲突，我们需要一个共同的愿景，(重新)连接水和遗产部门，使人类和非人类行为者能够为可持续的明天做出贡献。Jacqueline Vel、Tody Sasmitha Jiwa Utama、Hertasning Ichlas和Adriaan Bedner在第一部分中开始反思过去的立法如何威胁到传统的水管理系统，例如印度尼西亚的水稻梯田。水权问题也是rutggerd Boelens的“Riverhood”项目的核心，在该项目中，他探索了当地水文化的权利剥夺，并提出了水管理中正义的新形式。卡里姆·纳瓦兹主张将洪水灌溉作为一种可持续的灌溉系统，并将其纳入教育项目。Maria Estefania Gioia揭示了世界遗产话语中的制度鸿沟，以展示自然遗产和文化遗产之间的分裂所造成的裂痕。克里斯·安德伍德讨论了妥善管理水下文化遗产的必要性。Frans Wijsen通过展示宗教机构如何阻碍可持续遗产和水资源管理来总结第一部分。第二部分中的方法和案例研究提供了经过测试和工作的示例。Sara Ahmed和Sukrit Sen建议通过虚拟展览和关于水的物品和实践的教育，将遗产作为更好地治理水的杠杆。Ana Maria Fernandez Maldonado, Marcin Dąbrowski, Kasia Piskorek和Wout van den Toorn Vrijthoff同样提出了一种生态系统方法，特别是作为一种创造共同点并开始多方利益相关者谈判和规划的工具。正如Catalina Rey-Hernández和Inge Bobbink在他们关于墨西哥Chinampas的漂浮农业的文章中所阐述的那样，历史上的水系统仍然是相关的。同样，Said Madani提供了对阿尔及利亚沙漠中古代灌溉系统及其相互关联的治理结构的当代相关性的见解。Maria Estefa- nia Gioia、g<s:1> l akt<e:1> rk和Sara Berahman的案例研究清楚地表明，自然现象与文化物品和实践是如何相互关联的，他们主张改进治理工具，以保护和保存脆弱的水遗产。乔纳森·多伊(Jonathan Doe)的叙述补充了这一思路，他用一个案例说明了当地的“知识持有者”在湿地管理中被边缘化。Javier Lizarzaburu同样呈现了一个古老的传统水系统，非殖民化的叙述掩盖了土著在其创造中的作用。南科·多尔曼用另一个关于新自然遗产的适当合作的例子来结束这个问题。 总之，这些文章表明需要重新思考“隐藏的设计者”:管理水资源的法律和制度框架。他们呼吁弥合自然与文化之间的鸿沟，弥合“自上而下”与“自下而上”治理之间的鸿沟。至关重要的是，能够在水管理中有时相互对立的价值观和利益之间进行协商:保护和开发，建造经济上可行的结构，保护脆弱的水结构，以及在做出全球决策时考虑到当地的文化和利益。本期提出的新概念和方法帮助我们将过去的物体和结构与可持续水的未来联系起来。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.13
Sara Berahman
Lake Urmia is one of the largest saltwater lakes on Earth and a highly endangered ecosystem. It is on the brink of a significant environmental disaster, similar to the drying up of the Aral Sea. UNESCO has inscribed Lake Urmia on its list of Iranian biosphere reserves. The existing situation is due to a lack of water heritage management and the absence of an integrated, straightforward method that includes support for the ecological and social aspects of the lake. Recognizing the significant factors behind Lake Urmia’s drying up and the impact on people’s lives can significantly raise awareness about this catastrophic phenomenon. Reviving Lake Urmia and protecting it can decrease pollution, maintain species diversity and increase tourism. It will ultimately lead to sustainable development by improving health, contributing to the economy and preserving culture and identity.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.04
Maria Estefania Gioia
Conceptualizing water and heritage together is a key challenge. Only in recent years has heritage management started to embrace sustainable development in the context of heritage preservation. The UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach and policy recommendations for sustainable development integration exemplify this recent development. This contribution examines World Heritage discourses through the lenses of water and heritage as a system. It specifically explores the relation between World Heritage management and water management of World Heritage sites. In doing so, it aims to reinforce the role of water and water management in the World Heritage framework, both in terms of theory and process. It concludes with a call for a stronger acknowledgment of water management as part of good practices for World Heritage sites and their management.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.15
J. Lizarzaburu
This article examines the ancient irrigation canals in Lima, the capital of Peru, and it reveals the role of indigenous groups who transformed the desert into agricultural valleys over millennia. The current role of the surviving canals is explained, as is their relevance to the city’s environmental sustainability. It discusses aspects related to their management from precolonial times to the present and outlines the key elements of the campaign for their declaration as cultural heritage of Peru, sharing the main results, including the 2019 declaration. It also discusses the work done to decolonize traditional narratives that had obscured the indigenous role in the creation of the canal system.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.10
Said Madani
Foggaras are traditional Algerian water systems, which historically have made it possible to collect and redistribute water in the Sahara Desert. Although threatened by climate change and unsustainable urbanization, foggaras are still in use today and for hundreds of years have been managed by the same customary laws and groups. They are an example of tangible water heritage and ingenious water works, adapted to the needs of an arduous environment along with local society and culture. Such structures can inspire future ways of engaging with nature.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.03
K. Nawaz
Floods wreak chaos and destruction in many places, but for people in arid regions using spate irrigation, the floods that emerge from ephemeral rivers symbolize life, livelihood and prosperity. Communities pray for floods as they are the only source of water. Pakistan has the largest amount ofland under spate irrigation in the world. Spate irrigation is a unique 1000-year-old system. Yet despite its many environmental, social, cultural, managerial and economic benefits, it is not widely known among academics, researchers or practitioners. The practice is based on indigenous knowledge learned from elders and passed down from one generation to the next, with enthusiasm and interest, as part of culture and heritage. This article explores the innovative aspects of this system, which is crucial as a sustainable means of livelihood. It explains how the system lets people effectively manage the spate flows, protecting them against the havoc caused by floods, and allowing land to be developed to meet the needs of future populations.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.12
Gül Aktürk
Steep slopes, rivers, a rainy climate, and rich vegetation: the region of Fındıklı and the city of Rize (Türkiye) have been shaped by humans living with water. To understand the region’s traditional settlements, vernacular buildings and local culture, it is crucial to analyze its geomorphological setting. Yet, despite the importance of climate and geomorphology for understanding how living with water has shaped everyday artifacts, water-related heritage in this region is not well documented. This article makes a case for seeing cultural and natural heritage as connected and to protect already sustainable practices and use them for future development.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.07
Sara Ahmed, Sukrit Sen
How can knowledge of traditional water practices in India help build more sustainable futures? Launched in 2017, the Living Waters Museum addresses the rich and diverse traditions of water heritage and practices in India. It is building a digital repository of visual knowledge that celebrates the past, inspires the present and is a source of learning to prepare for the future. Through the use of storytelling, digital media and the creative arts, the team behind the Living Waters Museum works in collaboration with young water professionals, conservation architects, urban planners and artists to raise awareness of our water challenges and the need to foster more inclusive and sustainable water futures. As a digital and virtual museum, the Living Waters Museum uses its digital platform to promote capacity building, outreach to youth, and equality in water access. It works toward sustainable development in a number of ways, particularly SDG 5 on gender equality (Living Waters Museum 2019) and SDG 6 on clean water. We are using our content to develop interdisciplinary, innovative and engaging water classrooms for children and youth (SDG 4 on quality education) and to build partnerships (SDG 17).
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.58981/bluepapers.2022.2.05
Christopher J. Underwood
OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. Tangible and intangible cultural heritage assets located in coastal and near-shore underwater environments are under particular threat due to climate change and its impact on water. These threatened sites and practices have served historically to not only feed and employ large and small coastal communities, but importantly have provided the societal and cultural roots that have helped bond them together. Although it is acknowledged that water environments (in the context of this article ‘‘water’’ is taken to mean oceans, seas and inland waters) function as a major global food source (SDG 2 Zero Hunger), and play a major role as a carbon sink (SDG13 Climate Action), water is also a vehicle for commerce and many other ocean activities labeled ‘‘the Blue Economy,’’ all of which are considered of critical importance. However, the societal consequences of damage and loss to underwater tangible and intangible heritage assets and associated practices should not be underestimated. Threatened by sea level rise, with seas estimated to rise by up to a meter by the end of the century, combined with extreme weather events (Gregory et al. 2022), it is anticipated that there will be significant loss of these assets with social and cultural consequences. In extreme circumstances, the very existence of some coastal communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is also at risk. Therefore, how to value, protect and manage these often “unseen” underwater cultural heritage sites sustainably is of vital social and cultural importance.
眼不见，心不烦。由于气候变化及其对水的影响，位于沿海和近岸水下环境中的物质和非物质文化遗产资产尤其受到威胁。这些受到威胁的地点和做法在历史上不仅为大大小小的沿海社区提供了食物和就业，而且重要的是，它们提供了社会和文化根源，帮助将他们联系在一起。虽然人们承认水环境(在本文中，“水”指的是海洋和内陆水域)是全球主要的食物来源(可持续发展目标2零饥饿)，并作为碳汇发挥重要作用(可持续发展目标13气候行动)，但水也是商业和许多其他海洋活动的工具，被称为“蓝色经济”，所有这些都被认为是至关重要的。然而，不应低估水下有形和无形遗产资产及相关做法所造成的损害和损失的社会后果。受海平面上升的威胁，预计到本世纪末海平面将上升1米，再加上极端天气事件(Gregory et al. 2022)，预计这些资产将会严重损失，并带来社会和文化后果。在极端情况下，一些沿海社区和小岛屿发展中国家的生存也受到威胁。因此，如何以可持续的方式重视、保护和管理这些往往“看不见”的水下文化遗产，具有重要的社会和文化意义。
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