Water Works: Ecosocial Design geography and its contemporary discontents

and its contemporary discontents

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Fragments of the set and costume design appear suggestively – crucifixes

I cut the ash into 131 logs of average ‘furniture’ height suitable for what my Grandfather would call ‘general purpose’ use

Water Works: Ecosocial Design geography and its contemporary discontentsThrough a collection of essays and case studies, Water Works shows over sixty careful responses to flooding, draught, pollution, extraction and other issues around freshwater. Divided into seven themes: Purity, Wild, Scale, Representation, Violence, Infrastructure and Commerce, Water Works allows us to learn from places and makers that build on the intricate relationships between people and other life forms, materials and (infra)structures.