Issue Sixteen : Winter 2020

Editorial

Thank You

After 16 issues and over four years of publication, Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community continues both to expand the range of conversations to which we contribute and to connect with new contributors, readers, and communities.

Photograph of a wall embedded with text and objects from Biddy Mason park, a surprising ‘pocket park’ in downtown LA honoring Mason who was moved to California as a slave in 1850, was freed, and became a successful midwife and landowner. Image courtesy of Don Barrett (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Primary Sources

The Power of Place: Finding Enduring Value(s) in the Landscapes that Surround Us

By Patrick Nunnally Dolores Hayden’s book, The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History (1995), has been a “primary source” for my thinking…

Education Planning / Policy United States

Children swinging on the pond’s banyan tree. Image courtesy of the author.

Feature

The Gift of Water

India today faces a wide variety of issues related to water management. These include flooding during the several-month monsoon season, a lack of water during the dry season, depletion of groundwater stores, and unreliable water pipelines bringing water into cities…

International Landscape Architecture Research

Intersections of roads, railroads, drainage, and river. Image courtesy of Sergio Souza.

Introduction

Introduction to Issue Sixteen

There’s a saying among water professionals that the public only cares about water when there is too much or too little, when there is a flood or a drought…

Along the Flamingo Arroyo Wash and Bike Trail where the wetland is fed primarily by urban runoff. Image courtesy of the author.

Geographies

Invisible Infrastructure: Documenting the Hidden Flood Control Infrastructure in Las Vegas

By Jessica Rossi-Mastracci Las Vegas. A city branded by sin, vice, and extravagance. A city where “anything goes,” including gambling, the Strip, partying, strip…

Education Landscape Architecture United States

Scorched vegetation inside the Maya Biosphere Reserve at the Archaeological site of El Peruito following attempts to illegally invade the area in 2017. Image courtesy of Ever Sánchez of the Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH).

Teaching and Practice

Science 101: Teaching Scientific Anthropology in the Age of “Alternative” Facts

By Olivia Navarro-Farr I am a professional archaeologist and researcher, but my primary role is that of teacher. I teach a range of courses…

Anthropology Education United States

Carrying rushes from the river. Image courtesy of the author.

Feature

Flood Narratives of the Lower Subarnarekha River Corridor, India

The Indian scenario of an alluvial river is that of miseries and mishap during the monsoon season when the river breaches its banks…

Geography International Research

Figure 4. Slab-on-grade house that flooded, Flood water is shown surrounding the house and coming all the way up to the structure. Ascension Parish. August 2016. Image courtesy of the author.

Feature (Peer Review)

Eroding Memories and Erecting Risk on the Amite River

Baton Rouge, Louisiana owes its existence to the Mississippi River. The city is perched atop a terrace at the first upriver site that is immune from annual inundation…

Geography Lower Mississippi River Planning / Policy Policy

The urban Mississippi River flowing by downtown Saint Paul. Image courtesy of Nattapol Pornsalnuwat.

Perspectives

The Urban Mississippi: Valuing Connections in a Changing Climate

By Emily Green, Bree Duever, and Amit Pradhananga Social scientists have long noted the value in humans connecting with their communities—through both social bonds…

Minnesota Policy Public Programs

The Colorado River is visible in the distance through a light haze under blue sky, at the base of the Grand Canyon's walls in its inner gorge. Foreground shows the high desert terrace.

In Review

Time in the Canyon

By David Morrison A bit over half a century ago, Colin Fletcher walked, in two months, from one end of Grand Canyon National Park…

Engagement Geosciences United States

Issue Contents

Introduction

Introduction to Issue Sixteen

There’s a saying among water professionals that the public only cares about water when there is too much or too little, when there is...

By Patrick Nunnally, Editor

Feature (Peer Review)

Eroding Memories and Erecting Risk on the Amite River

Baton Rouge, Louisiana owes its existence to the Mississippi River. The city is perched atop a terrace at the first upriver site that is...

By Craig E. Colten

Feature

Flood Narratives of the Lower Subarnarekha River Corridor, India

The Indian scenario of an alluvial river is that of miseries and mishap during the monsoon season when the river breaches its banks...

By Debika Banerji

Feature

The Gift of Water

India today faces a wide variety of issues related to water management. These include flooding during the several-month monsoon season, a lack of water...

By Leslie A. Johnson

Geographies

Invisible Infrastructure: Documenting the Hidden Flood Control Infrastructure in Las Vegas

By Jessica Rossi-Mastracci Las Vegas. A city branded by sin, vice, and extravagance. A city where “anything goes,” including gambling, the Strip, partying, strip...

By Jessica Rossi-Mastracci

In Review

Time in the Canyon

By David Morrison A bit over half a century ago, Colin Fletcher walked, in two months, from one end of Grand Canyon National Park...

By David Morrison

Perspectives

The Urban Mississippi: Valuing Connections in a Changing Climate

By Emily Green, Bree Duever, and Amit Pradhananga Social scientists have long noted the value in humans connecting with their communities—through both social bonds...

By Emily Green, Bree Duever, and Amit Pradhananga

Primary Sources

The Power of Place: Finding Enduring Value(s) in the Landscapes that Surround Us

By Patrick Nunnally Dolores Hayden’s book, The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History (1995), has been a “primary source” for my thinking...

By Patrick Nunnally

Teaching and Practice

Science 101: Teaching Scientific Anthropology in the Age of “Alternative” Facts

By Olivia Navarro-Farr I am a professional archaeologist and researcher, but my primary role is that of teacher. I teach a range of courses...

By Olivia Navarro-Farr

Editorial

Thank You

After 16 issues and over four years of publication, Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community continues both to expand the range of conversations to...

By Open Rivers Editorial Staff

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