Originating from the Calgary Institute’s 2017 Annual Community Seminar, Water Rites: Reimagining Water in the West developed from conversations on Western Canada’s ecosystem changes resulting from climate change as being illustrative of broader global trends. The book’s emphasis is on contemporary artists and projects centered on water, though it includes older paintings, illustrations, and photographs to depict changes over time. Combining storytelling with imagery to create a written and visual holistic approach to communication, Water Rites is a collection of essays, artwork, and commentary about water rights and incorporates government, indigenous, and nonprofit representative perspectives that offer perspectives on humanity’s relationship with water. Contributed to by 16 authors and Alberta eco Trust, the book asks two questions: 1) What are the challenges surrounding water in Western Canada; and 2) What are our rights to water/does water itself have rights?.
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