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30 Mag 2025 11:00

Conference | Problematising Water: An Experiment on the Edges of Interdisciplinarity

Aula B, Ca’ Bottacin

Problematising Water: An Experiment on the Edges of Interdisciplinarity

Dr Nicole Vitellone
(School of Law and Social Justice, and The Centre for Health, Arts, Society & Environment - CHASE, University of Liverpool)

Abstract:
Problematising water: an experiment on the edges of interdisciplinarity is a manifestation of thinking with water across a range of disciplines including urban geography, sociology, anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, and ethnomethodology. 
In this presentation, through references to her forthcoming book, Nicole Vitellone will reveal the alliances between Foucault’s concept of problematisation and a new methodological approach for water focused research, as seen through her study of London’s #OneLess Refill water fountain pilot, an intervention to reduce plastic bottled water. The presentation will be structured around her enquiry and ethnographic methods to investigate #OneLess’ experiment with water, initiated by natural scientists from the Zoological Society of London, as a particular problematisation. Sharing her practice of opening the refill water fountain as a problematic space for collaborating with natural scientists, practitioners and publics engaged in the making and doing of refill, Vitellone will also discuss how Foucault’s concept of problematisation forces a re-thinking of interdisciplinary knowledge making practices in environmental research on water.

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NICHE, UNESCO

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