WATERLAT I – Barcelona, 2009

First International Meeting: “The Political Ecology of Water in Latin America: defining a research strategy”

Catalonian Water Agency, Barcelona, 14-16 October 2009

Pictures’ Gallery of the meeting:
2009 Reunión Anual / Annual Meeting

First Day – 14 October 2009

8:00 – 9:00 Reception and registration of participants

9:00 – 9:15 Opening
Ms Muntsa Niso Holgado, Head of Social Participation and Negotiation,
Catalonian Water Agency

9:15 – 9:30 Welcome
Prof. David Saurí, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA),
Autonomous University of Barcelona

The WATERLAT Network as an Intellectual Project

Coordination: Gustavo Antón, Institute of Social Science Research “Gino Germani”,
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

10:30 – 10:50 “The political ecology of water that inspires our research network”
Prof. José Esteban Castro, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology,
Newcastle University, United Kingdom

10:50 – 11:20 “The environment and post-politics”
Prof. Erik Swyngedouw, School of Environment and Development (SED),
Manchester University, United Kingdom

11:40 – 12:15 Round table with comments complementing the presentations

Prof. Bernard Barraqué, AgroParisTech, Paris, France

Dr. Carlos Crespo, Centre for Advanced University Studies (CESU),
Higher University of San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Dr. Antonio Ioris, Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability,
University of Aberdeen, The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Dr. Niurka Pérez, Department of Sociology, University of Havana, Cuba

Dr. Wagner Costa Ribeiro, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

12:15 – 12:45 Plenary discussion

 

The WATERLAT Network as an Intellectual Project (continued)

Coordination: Prof. Léo Heller, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

14:45 – 15:15 “The relationship between water and environmental health”
Prof. Damià Barceló, Centre for Research and Development, Barcelona

15:15 – 15:45 Round table with comments complementing the presentation

Prof. Léo Heller, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Prof. Luiz Roberto Morais, School of Engineering, University of Bahía, Brazil

Dr. María Luisa Vázquez, Consortium of Catalonian Hospitals, Barcelona

15:45 – 16:00 Plenary discussion

 

 

Second Day – 15 October 2009

The Political Ecology of Water in X-Disciplinary Perspective

Although the origins of the network are rooted in the social sciences, the research and practical problems that we address necessarily require the incorporation of the natural and technical sciences. In this session we discussed the opportunities and obstacles that we face to break through disciplinary enclosures and develop X-disciplinary academic cultures. We use “X-disciplinarity” to point at the need to transcend ongoing debates about cross, inter-, multi- (or pluri), trans-, and pos-disciplinarity.

Coordination: Leandro del Moral, Department of Geography, University of Seville, Spain

14:50 – 15:00 Introduction

15:00 – 15:20 “From mono- to pos-disciplinarity? Exploring the concept of X-disciplinarity”
Prof. José Esteban Castro, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology,
Newcastle University, United Kingdom

15:20 – 16:45 Round table on X-disciplinarity in the WATERLAT network

Dr Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Río de Janeiro, Brazil

Prof. José Esteban Castro, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology,
Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Prof. Juan Carlos Marín, Institute of Social Science Research “Gino Germani”,
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Prof. Joan Martínez Alier, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA),
Autonomous University of Barcelona

Prof. Erik Swyngedouw, School of Environment and Development (SED),
Manchester University, United Kingdom

17:15 – 18:00 Plenary discussion

18:00 – 18:15 Closure