Water for the people : the acequia heritage of New Mexico in a global context
edited by Enrique R. Lamadrid and Jose A. Rivera.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico Press 2023
- xxxv, 250 pages color illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bendicion del agua / Rio Grande acequias / A bird's-eye view of Northern New Mexico's acequias / Acequias waters / Framing the spring ritual of la limpia / The waterfall acequias of the Mora Valley / Trans-basin diversion in the forest wilderness / Valdez / La bajada village acequia landscapes / Cultivating a sensible food system / Acequias as a sustainable model for hydro-ecology / Conservation in the conservancy district / Valencia and New Mexico's Hermanamiento Ceremony / Safeguarding the global cultural heritage of community acequias / Heritage acequias of Spain / El Palmeral de Elche / Bounty of the Columbian exchange / Tlaxcala and Aranjuez / Valle de Allende and Aldama / Land and water in the Middle East / Traditional communal irrigation / Climate calamity and high-mountain glacier irrigation in Nepal and Peru / The Zanjeras / Las acequias de Chile / Looking to the past for solution for the future / In defense of water, agriculture, and people / Olivia Romo -- Thomas F. Glick, Luis Pablo Martinez Sanmartin and Jose A. Rivera -- Alejandro Lopez -- Paula Garcia & Miguel Santistevan -- Donatella Davanzo -- Enrique R. Lamadrid -- Jose A. Rivera -- Sylvia Rodriguez -- Arnold Valdez -- Miguel Santisteva -- Quita Ortiz -- Yasmeen Najmi -- Don Bustos -- Luis Pablo Martinez Sanmartin -- Armando J. Lamadrid -- Carlos Ortiz Mayordomo and Lina Gracia -- Enrique R. and Armando J. Lamadrid -- Enrique R. and Armando J. Lamadri -- Enrique R. Lamadrid -- Estevan Arellano and Enrique R. Lamadrid -- R. Jack Meyers -- Armando J. Lamadrid -- Jose A. Rivera -- Jose Luis Arumi and Ovidio Melo -- Andrew Bernard -- Enrique R. Lamadrid and Jose A. Rivera. Introduction. Poema. Acequias de Nuevo Mexico. Espana y Mexico: patrimonios ancestrales. Nuevo Mexico y El Mundo. Epilogue: el agua se defiende.
"Water for the People: The Acequia Heritage of New Mexico in a Global Context is a new anthology of essays by world-renowned acequia scholars and community members that situates New Mexico's acequia heritage and its inherent sustainable design within a global framework. Initially inspired by two special issues of the Green Fire Times (GFT) that centered on New Mexico's rich acequia traditions, Water for the People features twenty-five essays (including the Epilogue) highlighting acequia culture, use, and history in New Mexico and northern Mexico complemented by accompanying articles that focus on acequias in Chile and Peru, Spain, the Middle East, Nepal, and the Philippines. A hybrid Iberian model of irrigation melded with irrigated agricultural practices already existing in the Americas in places like Peru, Mesoamerica, and the high-altitude deserts of northern New Spain inhabited by Puebloan peoples that is now the American Southwest. In the case of the upper Rio Grande, the lush landscapes created by acequias in the late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries and later continue to feed their communities today despite threats of economic modernity, urbanization, private water markets, and conditions of extreme water scarcity due to cycles of prolonged drought and the emerging impacts of climate change. Water for the People demonstrates through a series of connected essays how the acequia in New Mexico is part of an agricultural web of creative irrigation works that stretches from Valencia, Spain, to the Middle East, Mexico, the Philippines, Argentina, and elsewhere. This volume celebrates acequia practices and traditions worldwide and shows how these ancient irrigation systems continue to provide arid regions a model for water governance, sustainable food systems, and in the case of New Mexico, community traditions that year after year reaffirms a deep cultural and spiritual relationship with the land. Ditch-irrigation systems have stood as the backbone of New Mexican landscape and garden construction for over four centuries. Acequias offer a proven and elegant answer to these everlasting questions: How do you provide consistent water so that a garden, field, or pasture will thrive? And how do you do so in a place that is known for its droughts, heat, thin soils, remarkably small streams and springs, and other scarce agricultural resources? Existing literature on acequias include technical and historical studies, ethnographies, and even memoir, but none has the global scope of this anthology"--
9780826364630 0826364632
2022016256
020949636 Uk
Irrigation canals and flumes--New Mexico.
Irrigation farming--New Mexico.
Sustainable agriculture--New Mexico.
Manners and customs
New Mexico--Social life and customs.
New Mexico
TC930 / .W38 2023
333.9131609789 Wat 42
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bendicion del agua / Rio Grande acequias / A bird's-eye view of Northern New Mexico's acequias / Acequias waters / Framing the spring ritual of la limpia / The waterfall acequias of the Mora Valley / Trans-basin diversion in the forest wilderness / Valdez / La bajada village acequia landscapes / Cultivating a sensible food system / Acequias as a sustainable model for hydro-ecology / Conservation in the conservancy district / Valencia and New Mexico's Hermanamiento Ceremony / Safeguarding the global cultural heritage of community acequias / Heritage acequias of Spain / El Palmeral de Elche / Bounty of the Columbian exchange / Tlaxcala and Aranjuez / Valle de Allende and Aldama / Land and water in the Middle East / Traditional communal irrigation / Climate calamity and high-mountain glacier irrigation in Nepal and Peru / The Zanjeras / Las acequias de Chile / Looking to the past for solution for the future / In defense of water, agriculture, and people / Olivia Romo -- Thomas F. Glick, Luis Pablo Martinez Sanmartin and Jose A. Rivera -- Alejandro Lopez -- Paula Garcia & Miguel Santistevan -- Donatella Davanzo -- Enrique R. Lamadrid -- Jose A. Rivera -- Sylvia Rodriguez -- Arnold Valdez -- Miguel Santisteva -- Quita Ortiz -- Yasmeen Najmi -- Don Bustos -- Luis Pablo Martinez Sanmartin -- Armando J. Lamadrid -- Carlos Ortiz Mayordomo and Lina Gracia -- Enrique R. and Armando J. Lamadrid -- Enrique R. and Armando J. Lamadri -- Enrique R. Lamadrid -- Estevan Arellano and Enrique R. Lamadrid -- R. Jack Meyers -- Armando J. Lamadrid -- Jose A. Rivera -- Jose Luis Arumi and Ovidio Melo -- Andrew Bernard -- Enrique R. Lamadrid and Jose A. Rivera. Introduction. Poema. Acequias de Nuevo Mexico. Espana y Mexico: patrimonios ancestrales. Nuevo Mexico y El Mundo. Epilogue: el agua se defiende.
"Water for the People: The Acequia Heritage of New Mexico in a Global Context is a new anthology of essays by world-renowned acequia scholars and community members that situates New Mexico's acequia heritage and its inherent sustainable design within a global framework. Initially inspired by two special issues of the Green Fire Times (GFT) that centered on New Mexico's rich acequia traditions, Water for the People features twenty-five essays (including the Epilogue) highlighting acequia culture, use, and history in New Mexico and northern Mexico complemented by accompanying articles that focus on acequias in Chile and Peru, Spain, the Middle East, Nepal, and the Philippines. A hybrid Iberian model of irrigation melded with irrigated agricultural practices already existing in the Americas in places like Peru, Mesoamerica, and the high-altitude deserts of northern New Spain inhabited by Puebloan peoples that is now the American Southwest. In the case of the upper Rio Grande, the lush landscapes created by acequias in the late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries and later continue to feed their communities today despite threats of economic modernity, urbanization, private water markets, and conditions of extreme water scarcity due to cycles of prolonged drought and the emerging impacts of climate change. Water for the People demonstrates through a series of connected essays how the acequia in New Mexico is part of an agricultural web of creative irrigation works that stretches from Valencia, Spain, to the Middle East, Mexico, the Philippines, Argentina, and elsewhere. This volume celebrates acequia practices and traditions worldwide and shows how these ancient irrigation systems continue to provide arid regions a model for water governance, sustainable food systems, and in the case of New Mexico, community traditions that year after year reaffirms a deep cultural and spiritual relationship with the land. Ditch-irrigation systems have stood as the backbone of New Mexican landscape and garden construction for over four centuries. Acequias offer a proven and elegant answer to these everlasting questions: How do you provide consistent water so that a garden, field, or pasture will thrive? And how do you do so in a place that is known for its droughts, heat, thin soils, remarkably small streams and springs, and other scarce agricultural resources? Existing literature on acequias include technical and historical studies, ethnographies, and even memoir, but none has the global scope of this anthology"--
9780826364630 0826364632
2022016256
020949636 Uk
Irrigation canals and flumes--New Mexico.
Irrigation farming--New Mexico.
Sustainable agriculture--New Mexico.
Manners and customs
New Mexico--Social life and customs.
New Mexico
TC930 / .W38 2023
333.9131609789 Wat 42