Over the past two decades, ‘waterscape’ and ‘hydrosocial territory’ have gained momentum in political ecologies of water. These concepts explore the material outcomes of the interplay of social and biophysical processes by building on two different core concepts of geography (‘landscape’ and ‘territory’). Relying on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of a corpus comprising 113 articles (1999–2019), this paper investigates the commonalities and divergences in the spatialities of water that these concepts convey. We show that the two concepts delineate two close but nevertheless different analytical threads with regard to water-related spatialities. Yet, the use of the concepts waterscape or hydrosocial territory does not directly result from a theorisation of space that would be specific to different spatial contexts, but rather from what is studied in these spaces, that is, the socio-spatial inequalities or injustices that characterise them, and the transformations – either radical or incremental – that shape them.
Integrated water resources management, promoted in developed countries, obliges to integrate social aspects with hydrological and ecological dimensions when assessing river quality. To better understand these social aspects, we propose a mixed-method to study public perceptions of an impounded river. Since the 1930s, the management of the Ain river (France) has been challenged by conflicts about the river's quality. We surveyed (using interviews and mental maps) various stakeholders along the river. The results based on textual and content analysis show variations in the public's perceptions according to the residence area, practices, and the degree of emotional attachment to the river. The assessment of environmental quality needs to take into account different types of knowledge, sometimes conflicting, that reveal and shape the variety of waterscapes which compose the Ain River. The social dimensions highlight integrated water management's inherent complexity by considering the river basin as a place to live and by involving multiple stakeholders.
To cite this version:Silvia Flaminio. Ruptures spatio-temporelles dans les représentations médiatiques des barrages . Espace Geographique, Éditions Belin, 2016, 45 (2), pp.157-167. halshs-01383529 Titre : Ruptures spatio-temporelles dans les représentations médiatiques des barrages Title: Temporal and spatial shifts in media narratives on dams Auteur : FLAMINIO Silvia Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UMR 5600 « Environnement, ville, société », 15, parvis René Descartes, 69007 Lyon. silvia.flaminio@ens-lyon.fr Résumé L'article pose les jalons d'une recherche centrée sur les évolutions des discours à propos d'un objet au coeur de l'actualité, le barrage. Celui-ci peut être considéré comme un indicateur permettant de questionner les représentations de l'environnement. Cette recherche s'appuiera notamment sur le quotidien national Le Monde (1945Monde ( -2014 pour construire une géohistoire franco-centrée des représentations des barrages. Une analyse de contenu et une analyse des données textuelles sont mises en oeuvre. Une première périodisation des discours médiatiques souligne deux ruptures temporelles (les années 1970 et l'année 1982). Des hypothèses sur des nuances géographiques dans la médiatisation des barrages à petite échelle sont posées. Dans une perspective aussi bien géohistorique que méthodologique, la démarche s'appuiera également sur des archives et des entretiens afin de comparer discours médiatiques et les discours des acteurs à des moments-clés, où les attitudes vis-à-vis du barrage basculent.Mots-clefs : barrage, média, représentation, analyse de contenu, textométrie. AbstractThis article lays the groundwork for a study on the evolution of discourse about a topical object, the dam. The dam is used here as an indicator to examine how the environment is portrayed. Our research uses the French national daily newspaper, Le Monde, (1945Monde, ( -2014 to develop a francocentered, geo-history of the public perception of dams. Content analysis and textometry are applied to the study of narratives on dams. The periodization of media discourse reveals two temporal shifts (the 1970's and 1982). Hypotheses on the geographic nuances in the mediatization of large dams are posited. Our research is also based on archives and oral narratives, allowing for a comparison of media versus stakeholders' discourse at key moments when attitudes concerning dams shifted.
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