03013nam 22005895 450 99647204690331620220424125308.01-4780-9094-4(CKB)4900000000568706(DE-B1597)624919(DE-B1597)9781478090946(EXLCZ)99490000000056870620220424h20222019 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Future History of Water /Andrea BallesteroDurham : Duke University Press, [2022]©20191 online resource (248 p.) 14 illustrationsFrontmatter -- contents -- preface -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- 1 formula -- 2 index -- 3 list -- 4 pact -- conclusion -- notes -- references -- indexBased on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and Brazil, A Future History of Water traces the unspectacular work necessary to make water access a human right and a human right something different from a commodity. Andrea Ballestero shows how these ephemeral distinctions are made through four technolegal devices—formula, index, list and pact. She argues that what is at stake in these devices is not the making of a distinct future but what counts as the future in the first place. A Future History of Water is an ethnographically rich and conceptually charged journey into ant-filled water meters, fantastical water taxonomies, promises captured on slips of paper, and statistical maneuvers that dissolve the human of human rights. Ultimately, Ballestero demonstrates what happens when instead of trying to fix its meaning, we make water’s changing form the precondition of our analyses.Right to waterBrazilRight to waterCosta RicaRight to waterLatin AmericaWater rightsBrazilWater rightsCosta RicaWater rightsLatin AmericaWater-supplyPolitical aspectsBrazilWater-supplyPolitical aspectsCosta RicaWater-supplyPolitical aspectsLatin AmericaSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialbisacshRight to waterRight to waterRight to waterWater rightsWater rightsWater rightsWater-supplyPolitical aspectsWater-supplyPolitical aspectsWater-supplyPolitical aspectsSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.333.33/9Ballestero Andrea, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1224598DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996472046903316A Future History of Water2843170UNISA