Contested hydrosocial territories and disputed water governance: Struggles and competing claims over the Ilisu Dam development in southeastern Turkey |
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Affiliation: | 1. Water Resources Management Group, Department Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. CEDLA (Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation), University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 33, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 15629, 1001 NC Amsterdam, The Netherlands;4. Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Department Social Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands;1. Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands;2. Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;3. Institute of Political Science (IfPol), University of Münster, Germany;4. School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;1. Public Administration and Policy group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706, KN Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Department of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, Bâtiment Geopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;1. School of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, Carlton, VIC 3010, Australia;2. Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne, 761 Swanston Street, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia |
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Abstract: | Dam development in southeastern Turkey is a highly-disputed issue, fanned by the Turkish–Kurdish conflict, socio-environmental and historical–cultural concerns, and international geopolitical interests. This paper focuses on discussions around the Ilisu Dam and shows how different actor coalitions imagine different hydrosocial territories regarding this mega-hydraulic project currently under construction. Imaginaries, counter-imaginaries and endeavours to materialize them go far beyond technical projects, portraying the dam to (re)configure the territory physically, ecologically, socio-economically, symbolically and discursively. The paper embeds competing hydro-territorial constructs and claims within an analysis of governmentality and the multi-scalar and multi-issue politics of dam opponents. |
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Keywords: | Hydrosocial territories Water governance Governmentality Conflicts Dams Turkey |
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