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

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...

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Autor: Herrera Lima, Susana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/4458
Acceso en línea:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/4458
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:culturas del agua
dispositivo
discurso dominante
discurso alternativo
exposiciones universales
Water cultures
device
dominating discourse
alternative discourse
universal exhibitions
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Sumario: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.