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Well Connected - Everyday Water Practices in Cairo (Paperback)
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Well Connected - Everyday Water Practices in Cairo (Paperback)
Series: Water and Society
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How a community in Cairo, Egypt, has adapted the many systems
required for clean water. Who is responsible for ensuring access to
clean potable water? In an urbanizing planet beset by climate
change, cities are facing increasingly arid conditions and a
precarious water future. In Well Connected, anthropologist Tessa
Farmer details how one community in Cairo, Egypt, has worked
collaboratively to adapt the many systems required to facilitate
clean water in their homes and neighborhoods. As a community that
was originally not included in Cairo's municipal systems, the
residents of Ezbet Khairallah built their own potable water and
wastewater infrastructure. But when the city initiated a piped
sewage removal system, local residents soon found themselves with
little to no power over their own water supply or wastewater
removal. Throughout this transition, residents worked together to
collect water at the right times to drink, bathe, do laundry, cook,
and clean homes. These everyday practices had deep implications for
the health of community members, as they struggled to remain
hydrated, rid their children of endemic intestinal worms, avoid
consuming water contaminated with sewage, and mediate the impact of
fluctuating water quality. Farmer examines how the people of Cairo
interact with one another, with the government, and with social
structures in order to navigate the water systems (and lack
thereof) that affect their day-to-day lives. Farmer's extensive
ethnographic fieldwork during the implementation of the Governorate
of Cairo's septic system shines through in the compelling stories
of community members. Well Connected taps into the inherent
sociality of water through social contacts, moral ideology,
interpersonal relationships, domestic rhythms, and the everyday
labor of connecting.
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