WHO OWNS PUEBLA WATER?

摘要

The City of Puebla, in Mexico, is known to most United States' (U.S.) visitors for its mole poblano and talavera tiles, deservedly so. They are tasty and beautiful, in that order. I started my visits a couple of years ago with anthropological colleagues at local universities. But since I work on water at home in New Mexico, I looked for that theme while I was there. At first I talked mostly with water experts, technical and environmental people. They were generous with their time but mostly we were speaking the same professional interest, same script, different languages. What, I wondered like a good anthropologist, was different about water in Mexico?