Symbolic disputes on water cultures. Water and sustainable development in the Zaragoza Expo 2008

Authors

  • Susana Herrera Lima Departamento de Estudios Socioculturales at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), Mexico.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v23i65.4458

Keywords:

Water cultures, device, dominating discourse, alternative discourse, universal exhibitions

Abstract

This article studies the transformation of discourses on the relation between society and nature in modern times through universal exhibitions, in particular the Zaragoza Expo 2008, which shows, from the network of relations and processes concerning its creation, its potential—as a disseminating and concealment device—to observe and analyze the genealogy of the contemporary environmental discourse. The objective is to clarify the role of alternative discourses, counter discourses and hidden discourses, negotiations and power plays from differing positions, in the development of the Expo device. It concludes that the struggle for dominance in society/nature relationship models is expressed materialistically and symbolically in the symbolic dispute for water cultures given at the Expo.

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Author Biography

Susana Herrera Lima, Departamento de Estudios Socioculturales at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), Mexico.

Professor-Researcher at Departamento de Estudios Socioculturales at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), Mexico.

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Published

2015-12-07

How to Cite

Herrera Lima, S. (2015). Symbolic disputes on water cultures. Water and sustainable development in the Zaragoza Expo 2008. Espiral Estudios Sobre Estado Y Sociedad (eISSN: 2594-021X), 23(65), 201-241. https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v23i65.4458

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 65: Espiral 65 (january-april 2016)

Section

Sociedad

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