Freshwater geographies: Experimenting with knowing and doing geography differently

摘要

The fair and effective governance of freshwater is an increasingly prominent issue in New Zealand. Emerging from a complex of cultural, economic and biophysical narratives, freshwater geographies are multiple, varied and increasingly acknowledged as worthy of interdisciplinary scrutiny. In this commentary, we reflect on a series of generative spaces that we - as group of postgraduate geographers (plus supporting staff) - created to engage with the multiplicity of freshwater meanings both within and beyond the academy. Through this evolving epistemic-political project, we significantly reframed our own understandings about what freshwater 'is' and how it ought to be governed. By pursuing a deeper understanding of how the world gets made, we expand our ability to know and make it differently.