March 30, 2022 3:30pm-4:30pm | Fluid Subjectivities and Evolving Social Contracts: Emerging Hydroscapes in a Neoliberal India

Neeraj Vedwan, Department of Anthropology, MSU

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/7905968690?pwd=ZE02TGJhbTNPWkEyTE1mdGdqbXdWUT09

In this presentation, I will examine the changing uses and meanings of water and related practices in different social settings in and around Delhi, India’s capital city. The reconfigured roles of a neoliberal state, citizen-consumers, and non-governmental organizations, and their complex and dynamic relationship have fostered a fragmented, even contradictory, water governance structure. Using case-studies, I will explore the key aspects of human-water relationships forged in the context of the political-economy of a developmental state and their implications for equity and access to water.