Freshwater supply as sociotechnical tinkering: the co-creation of water knowledge and assemblages in New Caledonia

Freshwater supply as sociotechnical tinkering: the co-creation of water knowledge and assemblages in New Caledonia

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This article aims to show that in-depth ethnography of processes and acts of sociotechnical tinkering provide Bodysuits a useful starting point for understanding how water knowledge co-creation works.This is even more relevant in countries with a strong legacy of settler colonization and continued power asymmetries between holders of different water-related knowledges and ontologies.Analyzing infrastructural and sociotechnical forms of tinkering helps understand how various water assemblages interact with official norms, strategies and laws.

Drawing on Ball - Shoes TPU - Mens the study of this tinkering practice, this article looks at how the people of Touho, in New Caledonia, assemble different forms of knowledge to understand, access and drink water.