Hydrosocial territories: imaginaries, materialities, and struggles over knowledge, order and meaning

Rutgerd Boelens, Lena Hommes, Jaime Hoogesteger, Erik Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos and Philippus Wester

Water International, 2025, vol. 50, issue 5, 426-462

Abstract: The notion of ‘hydrosocial territories’ was introduced in Water International in 2016 to unpack claims of authority over a space, its waters and human and nonhuman beings. Since its introduction, hydrosocial territories has travelled and bridged rivers, regions, movements and disciplines – as conceptual notion and political action project. This contribution now takes stock of this journey. It reviews how hydrosocial territories has been used to analyse diverse spatial and political topics; how it has been articulated with different theoretical perspectives; and how it has contributed to water justice. Lastly, this contribution enquires about future conceptual and political avenues to explore.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2025.2528261

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