A study of human-water-power relationships in Eastern European cultures: an important contribution to the vibrant field of blue humanities.

Water is our most precious resource and an element of culture historically charged with diverse meanings and values. Through the symbolic realms of literature, film, and visual arts, the contributors to this volume explore how the humanities can contribute to a critical understanding of human-water-power relationships and transform the debates on water dominated by natural sciences and techno-economical concerns. Examining the underrepresented cultural arenas in the socialist spaces of Eastern Europe, they focus on a variety of media and artistic practices. The late socialist era manifests as formative for the environmental discourses tied into local political and social contexts.

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Susanne Frank (Prof. Dr.) leitet das Fachgebiet »Ostslawische Literaturen und Kulturen« an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.Jana Rogoff is an assistant professor at the Department of Film Studies at the Charles University in Prague. She conducts research in theory and history of animation, Eastern European film, film sound, and ecocinema studies. She is a member of the »Society for Animation Studies«, the scientific network »Animation and Contemporary Media Culture« and the research group »Environmental Humanities Prague«.