bengali women’s ideas about water quality suzanne hanchett, ph.d. international women’s...
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Bengali Women’s Ideas About Water Quality
Suzanne Hanchett, Ph.D.International Women’s Anthropology Conference
and Planning Alternatives for Change, LLC
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• Translation was done by the “Google Translate” program: I apologize for any mistakes.
• Tradução foi feita pelo "Google Translate" programa: peço desculpas por quaisquer erros.
• La traducción fue realizada por el "Google Translate" del programa: Pido disculpas por cualquier error.
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The Human Right to WaterO direito humano à águaEl Derecho Humano al Agua
• How much water and of what quality?• Quanta água e de que qualidade?• La cantidad de agua y de qué calidad?
Who sets “quality” standards? Experts? People themselves?Quem define os padrões de "qualidade"? Especialistas? Próprias pessoas?¿Quién establece las normas de "calidad"? Los expertos? Las personas mismas?
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Expand from “Rights” to “Commons”• Rights (Derechos/Direitos)• Individual is focus• Confusion between property
rights and human rights• Corporations can be persons• Inspiring concept but did not
solve the problem of commodification/privatization
• -Conceito inspirador, mas não resolveu os problemas de mercantilização / privatização
• -Concepto inspirador, pero no resolvió los problemas de comercialización y / o privatización
• Commons (los comunes)
• Emphasis on collective and social life
• Place-based practices and beliefs
• Respect indigenous approaches (Respeite abordagens indígenas /Respetar los enfoques indígenas)
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The Human Rights/Commons Approach supports and reinforces value of indigenous ideas
• O abordagem dos direitos humanos/ Comuns apóia e reforça valor das ideias indígenas
• Los derechos humanos o el enfoque de los bienes comunes refuerza el respeto a las ideas indígenas
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Rural Women’s Ideas About Water Quality: the Bangladesh Social & Cultural Framework
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A river in the dry season
Um rio na estação seca
Un río en la estación seca
Leased-out pools restrict access to fisheries.
Arrendada-out piscinas restringir o acesso à pesca.
Arrendada a cabo piscinas restringir el acceso a la pesca.
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Focus Group Participants, Laksham Sub-district, June 2009 (Kazi Rozana Akhter Photo)
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Women are responsible for domestic water management.
• As mulheres são responsáveis pela gestão da água doméstica.
• Las mujeres son responsables de la gestión del agua doméstica.
• They struggle with floods, seasonal water shortages, and routine access to acceptable water.
• To share drinking water is a cultural value.
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• Rural women work very hard to organize their water in the home. They use an average of more than three different types of water for different purposes.
• As mulheres rurais trabalhar muito duro para organizar a sua água em casa. Eles utilizam uma média de mais de três tipos diferentes de água para fins diferentes.
• Las mujeres rurales trabajan muy duro para organizar su agua en el hogar. Se utiliza un promedio de más de tres tipos diferentes de agua para diferentes propósitos.
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Water Stored in a Kitchen: Different pots for different purposes, Laksham Uz., 2009 (Kazi Rozana Akhter photo)
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Ideas About Water Quality (1): ‘Hot’ vs. ‘Cold’Idéias sobre Qualidade da Água (1): ‘Quente’ vs. ‘Fria’Ideas acerca de la calidad del agua (1): caliente o frío• Temperature + Physiological effects • Based on Ayurveda, indigenous science of humoral
medicine• Illness caused by imbalance among bodily humors• Excess of ‘cold’ is dangerous for young children and
new mothers.
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Pond Life, Bera Upazila, June 2009
(Shireen Akhter Photo)
• Bathing customs: timing of baths to avoid ‘cold’
• Fatos de banho: o tempo dos banhos para evitar 'frio’
• Costumbres de baño: el tiempo de los baños para evitar la "fría"
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Fear of ‘cold’ was associated with new water technologyMedo de 'frio' foi associado com a tecnologia de água novaEl miedo de los "fríos" se asoció con la tecnología del agua nueva
• Tube wells (tubo de poços / Tubo de pozos)
• Arsenic removal filters (Remoção de filtros de arsénio / Filtros de remoción de arsénico)
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Sono Arsenic Removal Filter, 2009
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READ-F Arsenic Removal Filter, 2009
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Ideas About Water Quality (2): ‘Pure’ vs. ‘Impure’Idéias sobre Qualidade da Água (2): puro ou impuroIdeas Sobre La Calidad Del Agua (2): puro o impuro
• Purity is both physical and spiritual.• Physical contact with impurity affects the soul.• A concept with a long history in South Asia.• The most ‘impure’ things: menstrual blood, birth
blood, and human feces.
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Purification by Bath in Ganges River (Source: deathby1000papercuts.com)
Ganges Bath (Source: pbs.org)
Purity & Removal of Pollution
Image from: photobucket.com
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Ideas About Water Quality (3): OthersIdéias sobre Qualidade da Água (3): OutrosIdeas acerca de la calidad del agua (3): Otros
• Clarity/Transparency (Clareza / Transparência; Claridad / Transparencia)
• Color (cor / color)• Age: old/young (Idade: velho / jovem; Edad: viejo /
joven)• Light/Heavy (Leve / pesada; Ligero / Pesado)• Iron content (teor de ferro; contenido de hierro)• Taste (gosto; sabor)• Arsenic-contaminated/Arsenic-free (Arsênico: livre /
contaminado; Arsénico: gratis / contaminada)
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Conclusions (1)• There is a large gap between these rural women’s
thinking about water and professionals’ ideas of water safety. – “Science” vs. “Superstition”– Respect others’ cultural views: a good idea– Women are thinking, debating, analyzing according to
their own cultural parameters.
• Há uma grande diferença entre o pensamento dessas mulheres rurais sobre a água e as idéias dos profissionais de segurança da água.
• Hay una gran brecha entre el pensamiento de estas mujeres del medio rural sobre el agua y las ideas de los profesionales de la seguridad del agua.
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(2)• Professionals tend to be intolerant of cultural
differences.– This is the principal challenge.
• Os profissionais tendem a ser intolerante com as diferenças culturais.– Este é o principal desafio.
• Los profesionales tienden a ser intolerantes con las diferencias culturales.– Este es el principal desafío.
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(3)
• Technical knowledge is needed.• The “rights” and “commons” approach
demands active involvement of local people who manage domestic water (women) and respect for their cultural views.
• How & Why to include women?– How: Two-way communication.– Why: They have useful local knowledge and
experience.
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(4) The “Culture” concept is gaining in acceptance:• “A crucial step in laying the foundations for
sustainability” is “...deepening individual and collective understandings of how water is understood and valued….”
• "Um passo crucial na definição das bases para a sustentabilidade" é "... o aprofundamento entendimentos individuais e coletivas de como a água é compreendida e valorizada ....”
• "Un paso crucial para sentar las bases para la sostenibilidad" es "... la profundización de la comprensión individual y colectiva de cómo el agua se entiende y se valora ...."
– Dr. Barbara Johnston, Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change (Springer Press, for UNESCO/IHP, 2012)
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