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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><EM>Fresh Water: New Perspectives on Water in Australia</EM> edited by Emily Potter, Alison Mackinnon, Stephen McKenzie and Jennifer McKay (MUP, 2007) is to be launched:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>In Melbourne on August 20, 6pm for 6.30pm at Readings Books and Music, 309 Lygon Street, Carlton. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>In Adelaide on August 31, 5pm for 5.30pm at the University of South Australia, City West Campus, Bradley Forum, level 5 Hawke Building. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>RSVP for Adelaide launch to Sophie Hastwell at <A href="mailto:shastwell@icewarm.com.au">shastwell@icewarm.com.au</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana size=2><EM>Is water a resource or is it the source? Is it something to be consumed or does it have a life of its own? This timely collection of essays addresses the critical and contentious issue of water in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place>Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> today. </EM></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><EM><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Recent histories of environmental misunderstanding and exploitation shadow our current regime of water management and use. Drought is widespread. While governments grapple with how to respond, the situation worsens.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>There is something amiss in current approaches to water. </FONT></EM></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><EM><STRONG>Fresh Water: New Perspectives on Water in Australia</STRONG> suggests a need to radically rethink our relationship with this fundamental substance. Contributors from a range of fields, from anthropology to visual arts, discuss the various ways in which we are caught up with water, and challenge us to take on</EM></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><EM> the cultural transformations that underpin a sustainable ecological future. </EM></FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Dr Emily Potter<BR>ARC Postdoctoral Fellow<BR>Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning<BR>University of Melbourne<BR>Victoria, 3010<BR>p: 03 8344 8769</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Verdana>m: 0407337675<BR>f: 03 8344 5532</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>