Being stateless: the embodiment of water insecurity in coastal kampongs in North Semarang, Indonesia
Topics: Coastal and Marine
, Water Resources and Hydrology
, Cultural and Political Ecology
Keywords: household water insecurity, embodiment of water, water quality, flooding, water metabolism
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Monday
Session Start / End Time: 2/28/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/28/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 7
Authors:
Nila Ardhianie, Amrta Institute for Water Literacy
Wigke Capri, Department of Politics and Government, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Amalinda Savirani, Department of Politics and Government, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.
Michelle Kooy, the Department of Water Governance, IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands
Bosman Batubara, Department of Water Governance, IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft and the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marie Belland, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlan
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Abstract
This article sought to document the embodiment of water insecurity in coastal kampongs in North Semarang, Indonesia. Living with river and tidal flooding, land subsidence, and murky and brackish water in these coastal kampongs face severe household water insecurities. Using embodiment approach and emotional political ecology, we analyse embodiment of water through body stories, complex emotions, and their meanings to households' water insecurity on coastal residents’ everyday practices. Both approaches help us to better understand households water insecurity impact on their everyday lives and unjust water policies taking place in these kampongs.
We employ research methods from conducting survey to 319 households, in-depth interviews with (48) respondents, participatory visual making and a desktop analysis on online media.
Our research suggest four significant findings. First, embodiment of water and emotions unpacking unfavourable residents’ condition regarding their health and well-being. Second, they have developed cope mechanism as a way of living to embrace vulnerability facing multiple crises living in low socio-economic, living with sea level-rise, living by industrial area, living with land subsidence, and living with poor water quality. Third, instead of solution, the current solution for water insecurity suggested and funded by the World Bank; the community-based drinking water supply, its worsening land subsidence of its surroundings. Fourth, there is a need for the government to care, serve, and act for its citizen for legitimation-making. Legitimation-making on the household water insecurity is by subsidising and providing water piped infrastructure.
Being stateless: the embodiment of water insecurity in coastal kampongs in North Semarang, Indonesia
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