Doing fieldwork:

Collective ethnography along the Ottawa River

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The Ottawa River is a critical site of anthropological confluences where water is, in turn, regarded as resource, infrastructure, architecture, landscape, promise, trace, oracle or even, capital.

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For 10 years, the HumAnimaLab (HAL) has been engaged in field research activities and local ethnographic training along this river.

This “experiential” seminar thus summarizes and extends the environmental anthropology work carried out by the HAL in the Ottawa region and offers students the opportunity to embark on a river semester.

 

This university seminar aims to explore the many issues related to water in the current context of global changes. This will involve examining issues relating to access to drinking water, water resources management, water-related conflicts, the impacts of global warming on hydrological cycles, and innovative solutions for ensure sustainable management of this vital resource.