In the Eastern James Bay Cree Nation, a region known as Eeyou Istchee, water (neebee/Nîpîy) is a multiplicity of things and qualities: it is quantified as potentials in the reservoirs of HydroQuébec's hydroelectric power generating system; it is also a mobile element in the hydrological cycle, the platform for colonial mobilities and the past trapping economy; as well as an Eenouch (Cree) symbolic force and a liquid that saturates the James Bay landscape. This paper proposes a somatechnics of waterbodies. It considers a regional situation in which nature is both technological and biophysical. Waters appear as a hydrocommons that saturates the biophysics, culture, and economies of the Eenouch. Both humans and non-humans are amenable to a somatechnical lens: both are bodies of water. Our paper explores the potential for extending somatechnics beyond organic bodies and what this reveals about all bodies as a category in cross-cultural perspective – their abilities to enter into spatiotemporal relations of kinship, agency, recalcitrance, affect, virtuality, and materiality.
Water is the element that, more than any other, ties human beings in to the world around them - from the oceans that surround us to the water that makes up most of our bodies. Exploring the cultural and philosophical implications of this fact, this book develops an innovative new mode of posthuman feminist phenomenology that understands our bodies as being fundamentally part of the natural world and not separate from or privileged to it
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Water is the element that, more than any other, ties human beings in to the world around them – from the oceans that surround us to the water that makes up most of our bodies. Exploring the cultural and philosophical implications of this fact, Bodies of Water develops an innovative new mode of posthuman feminist phenomenology that understands our bodies as being fundamentally part of the natural world and not separate from or privileged to it. Building on the works by Luce Irigaray, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Gilles Deleuze, Astrida Neimanis's book is a landmark study that brings a new feminist perspective to bear on ideas of embodiment and ecological ethics in the posthuman critical moment.
The landscape - how a person usually understands it - is the visible surface of the Earth environmentalimage. This is a reflection of natural processes and a reflection of cultural change, which constantlychanges across time and space. It is the foundation of national identity and is a part of life quality.Understanding, protecting, managing and forming landscape's identity and concept as an evolvingphenomenon at the same time meeting the economic, social, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs ofthe public is one of the top priority goals of the state (Bučas, 2001).Landscape as a term is associated with art, history, geography, ecology, politics disciplines andplanning and design. The landscape can only be created by natural processes - the natural landscape orlandscape, which felt human intervention, is called cultural landscape. Cultural landscape has a plethoraof man-made objects - buildings, roads, bridges, quarries and other engineering infrastructure.The novelty of the work: this work extends the knowledge on the Lithuanian state parks' landscape.The paper first describes bodies of water as a natural and urban element that affects protected areas'landscape.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.sace.13.4.13200
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed or imposed for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water supplies, and bodies of water.
Nos últimos anos, uma grande ênfase se concentrou no desenvolvimento de biomarcadores sensíveis como uma ferramenta útil para estudos ambientais. Estudos documentaram que vários contaminantes, compostos metálicos e orgânicos, são capazes de induzir alterações específicas em certas enzimas envolvidas na replicação e geração de células perceptíveis em microscopia óptica. Estes marcadores devem ser de fácil manejo e a técnica de avaliação deve ser barata e rápida. É preferível que os marcadores possam ser usados diretamente no corpo hídrico e que possa ser mantido por um longo período no sistema. Este trabalho verificou a hipótese de que o Echornia crassipes possa ser usado como biomarcador para flutuações de chumbo em corpos hídricos. O E. crassipes foi cultivado em seis concentrações diferentes de chumbo (0,03; 0,05; 0,10; 0,20; 0,25 e 0,30 mg/L-1 Pb) e após cultivo por 30 dias, a coifa e o meristema primário da raiz foram analisados quanto as anormalidades cromossômicas e estruturais. Foram levantadas e testadas duas hipóteses para a correlação observada entre o oxalato e a concentração do metal. Obteve-se uma correlação positiva entre as anormalidades observadas e a flutuação na concentração do metal. Obteve-se ainda um aumento na concentração de ráfides de oxalato de cálcio, apresentando correlação positiva com a concentração de chumbo.
Palavras-chave: Bioindicador. Metais Pesados. Poluição.
Abstract During recent years, a great emphasis has focused on developing sensitive biomarkers as a useful tool for environmental studies. Studies have documented that several contaminants, both metal and organic compounds, are able to induce specific alterations in certain enzymes which are involved in cellular replication and generation perceptible in optical microscopy. These markers must be easy to handle and the evaluation technique must be cheap and quick. It is preferable that the markers can be used directly in the water body and that it can be maintained for a long time in the system. This work verified the hypothesis that Echornia crassipes could be used as a biomarker for lead fluctuations in water bodies. E. crassipes was grown in six different concentrations of lead (0.03; 0.05; 0.10; 0.20; 0.25 and 0.30 mg/L-1 Pb) and after 30 days' cultivation, the coif and the root's primary meristem were analyzed for chromosomal and structural abnormalities. Two hypotheses were raised and tested for the observed correlation between oxalate and metal concentration. A positive correlation was obtained between the abnormalities observed and the fluctuation in the metal concentration. An increase in the concentration of calcium oxalate raphids was also obtained, showing a positive correlation with the concentration of lead.
Water Conversations: Water Bodies and Spirits India 2011 Buddha Enlightened 2-be International Artist project. Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Curated by Sanjeev Sinha, New Delhi and Diane Hagen, Amsterdam. 2011. Participation in this event was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland & Dublin Institute of Technology. In Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India a spiritual site for the global Buddhist community, Water Conversations seeks to discover some of the commonalities of how water is viewed spiritually as a symbol and metaphor for purity. 'Water Bodies and Spirits' is a wooden sculpture constructed on a pulling rickshaw to form a mobile grotto for water. Located in a variety of locations around the pilgrimage town of Bodh Gaya members of the public are engaged in conversations about the meaning and ritual practices surrounding water. A solar powered jet of water dances within the structure inviting passers by to engage. Embedded within this exchange are questions of individual responsibility towards water, a precious substance with a finite future. Many thanks to student assistants and translaters: Jaya Saxena, Ajit Kumar Singh, Mumba Raju, Akhilesh Gaur, Mohit Kant Mishra. 'Water Bodies and Spirits' is an edition of WATER CONVERSATIONS, a long-term visual art research project that initiates local discussions, interviews, and exchanges on the politics, traditions and practices surrounding water use in a variety of global regions. Articulated as a series of actions, small sculptures, posters, drawings, public interventions and site specific works the project explores the complex interstices between landscape, science and technology, culture and geopolitics. Image credit: Anna Macleod For more images and information please see www.annamacleod.com ; https://arrow.tudublin.ie/fagallery/1002/thumbnail.jpg
"In this book, young readers will discover where streams come from, and what they look like! Using colorful photographs alongside simple text and relevant sight words, early readers will enjoy reading all about this body of water, while also building confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension"--
"Early readers will discover how ponds are created, and what you can find in them! Using full-page photographs alongside simple text and relevant sight words, early readers will enjoy learning all about ponds while they build confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension"--
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the sanitation and safety requirements for certain artificial bodies of water maintained for public recreational purposes.
