A major contribution to the nascent anthropology of urban
environments, "Reigning the River" illuminates the complexities of
river restoration in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital and one of the
fastest-growing cities in South Asia. In this rich ethnography,
Anne M. Rademacher explores the ways that urban riverscape
improvement involved multiple actors, each constructing ideals of
restoration through contested histories and ideologies of
belonging. She examines competing understandings of river
restoration, particularly among bureaucrats in state and
conservation-development agencies, cultural heritage activists, and
advocates for the security of tens of thousands of rural-to-urban
migrants settled along the exposed riverbed.
Rademacher conducted research during a volatile period in
Nepal's political history. As clashes between Maoist
revolutionaries and the government intensified, the riverscape
became a site of competing claims to a capital city that
increasingly functioned as a last refuge from war-related violence.
In this time of intense flux, efforts to ensure, create, or imagine
ecological stability intersected with aspirations for political
stability. Throughout her analysis, Rademacher emphasizes ecology
as an important site of dislocation, entitlement, and cultural
meaning.
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