Résumé

Contributing to a sparse literature at the intersection of phenomenology and water resource management, this is a rare book. Phenomenology—a philosophical methodology that regards the perceptual world and lived experience as essential—informs this collection edited by Stefanovic (Simon Fraser Univ.). Inspiring the reader to be "more attentive to water in its waterness," the book has much to offer for those interested in river restoration, urban planning, landscape design, ethics, and environmental justice. Poetry opens and closes the volume, a fitting design for a work that positions water not only as an entity to be apprehended through rational calculation and empirical ways of knowing, but also as something to be experienced, lived, and felt. Cultivating a sense of essential connection to water, the twelve chapters and five poems articulate a need to take seriously "an embodied awareness of the wonder of water" and to shift water management toward "genuinely engaging with our world in a caring, discerning way." Individual essays address a range of case studies, from the intersection of race and imperial politics in the Flint water disaster to recognizing non-human agency in restoration of the Cuyahoga. Scholarly, philosophical, and theoretically informed, this work will appeal to graduate students and other academics working in the environmental humanities.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.• Reviewer: Z. Albertson, Western Washington University•