Demanding Water - A Sociospatial Approach to Domestic Water Use in Mexico City

Abstract

Kurzfassung der Arbeit

Resumen

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2.1 Discussion of concepts

2.2 Habitus: the Incorporation of society

2.3 A sociospatial Approach to everyday Practices

3. RESEARCH DESIGN

3.1 Research Strategy

3.2 Empirical Methods

4. THE URBAN LANDSCAPE OF WATER SUPPLY AND WATER CONSUMPTION IN MEXICO CITY

4.1. Sociospatial Patterns of Water Supply in Mexico City

4.2 Contextualization: Water in Iztapalapa and Cuauhtémoc

5. PRACTICES OF DOMESTIC WATER USE IN MEXICO CITY

5.1 Drinking: Ingesting Water

5.2 Hygiene and Cleaning: Technical Water and the Body

5.3 Storing Water: Synchronizing Rhythms of Supply and Use

5.4 Imagining Urban Water

6. HABITAT BIOGRAPHIES: THE BECOMING OF HABITUS FROM A SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE

7. PAST EXPERIENCES AND CURRENT PRACTICES

7.1 Stockpiling Water and Past

7.2 Reusing Water and Past

7.3 Imagining Water and Past

8. REFLECTION ON THE SODIOSPATIAL CHARACTER OF DOMESTIC WAtER USE

8.1 A Predominance of the Actual

8.2 Inscribing Meaning through Spatial Practice

8.3 A Symbol of Mistrust?

8.4 Reflection on Research Strategy

8.5 Open Tasks for Future Research

9. REFLECTION ON THE RELATION BETWEEN HAbITAT AND HABITUS

9.1 Reflection on the Conceptual Approach

9.2 Habitat Biographies: Methodological Reflection

10. CONCLUDING REMARKS

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