The research box: What we watched, read and listened to while making our Without Water edition
From artwork uncovering the plight of water access in Ethiopia, to a film exploring climate change on the marshes of Iraq, these resources helped to inform our latest edition on water scarcity
Books
After the Flood, by Kassandra Montag
Black Fish: How to Fish, and Stories of the Wata, Kin & Community, by Speech Debelle
Governing Bodies, by Sangamithra Iyer
My Oceans, by Christina Rivera
The Quickening, by Elizabeth Rush
The Water Carriers, by Gregory D. Smithers
Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit, by Vandana Shiva
What the Eyes Don’t See: A story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Whose water is it anyway, by Maude Barlow
Art
Simbi, by Kevin Sipp
This is not water, by Carolina Caycedo
Water life, by Aida Muluneh
Watch
Amazon, the New Minamata, directed by Jorge Bodanzky
Behind Brazil’s “green deserts,” women are fighting for water, by Fuller
Berta soy yo, directed by Katia Lara
Contaminated water putting Gaza families at risk, by Al Jazeera
Daughters of the Tallest Tree, by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise, directed by Spike Lee
Mami Wata, by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi
Saving the Chattahoochee: The Story of the Women Who Defended the River for Five Decades, by Hal Jacobs
The Marshes of Iraq: The shocking reality of climate change on the marshes of Iraq, directed by Budoor Al Abid
Water, by Bisan Owda
What women risk to get water in Madagascar, by Fuller
Listen
Guardians of the River, by Wild Bird Trust, National Geographic and House of Pod
The History of Black Mermaids in the Caribbean and Southern USA, by Know Your Caribbean
Viajantes, a song by Capim Açú
Read
Decades of systemic racism seen as root of Jackson Mississippi water crisis, from PBS
Indigenous women unite against the end of the world, from Sumauma
In Peru, mercury leaves a toxic footprint on those who depend on a river, from Mongabay
In drought-prone Oaxaca, indigenous women are reviving ancient techniques to preserve water, from the BBC
Living Day to Day: Surrounded by water and ignored by powerful officials, Tchula and its people fight for survival, from Mississippi Today
Storying the Floods: Experiments in Feminist Flood Futures, from Open Rivers
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger, from ProPublica
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak review – story of a raindrop, from the Guardian
Edited by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Erica Hensley.
Edited by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Erica Hensley.
