David-Paul Pertaub
Pipe Dreams: Water, Development and the Work of The Imagination in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley
Pertaub, David-Paul; Stevenson, Edward G.J.
Abstract
Ethiopia's lower Omo valley is currently undergoing profound changes, due in part to water development interventions. The state and corporate partners are implementing large dam and irrigation schemes; missionaries are attempting to install safe water supplies. We explore the reception of these projects by local people, and their implications for intergroup relations. Water development schemes, we argue, function as technologies of the imagination, stimulating people to imagine different kinds of futures. These dynamics are illustrated through ethnographic work on the reception of new wells drilled by European missionaries in Nyangatom.
Citation
Pertaub, D., & Stevenson, E. G. (2019). Pipe Dreams: Water, Development and the Work of The Imagination in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley. Nomadic Peoples, 23(2), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2019.230202
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Online Publication Date | Sep 1, 2019 |
| Publication Date | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Deposit Date | Oct 9, 2019 |
| Publicly Available Date | Oct 10, 2019 |
| Journal | Nomadic Peoples |
| Print ISSN | 0822-7942 |
| Publisher | White Horse Press |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-194 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2019.230202 |
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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted following peer review for publication in Pertaub, David-Paul & Stevenson, Edward G.J. (2019). Pipe Dreams: Water, Development and the Work of The Imagination in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley. Nomadic Peoples 23(2): 177-194. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online, doi: 10.3197/np.2019.230202
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