鈥淲ater Rights,鈥 a new episode of the 鈥淲hat Makes Us Human鈥 podcast series, explores the critical question of who owns our planet鈥檚 water. The podcast鈥檚 fourth season -- "What Does Water Mean to Us Humans?" -- showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about the relationship between humans and water.
鈥淣one of us can survive without water. If an individual, a corporation or a country monopolizes water, selling it for the highest price or controlling it for political gain, then those without money and power will suffer鈥 says Charles Geisler, professor of development sociology in the College of Agriculture and Life 麻豆视频, in his podcast.
Geisler鈥檚 research focuses on the sociology of property: its genealogy, abiding controversies, and centrality in development debates. He鈥檚 interested in controversies arising from the distribution of landed property; new forms of group possession/dispossession; property rights and human rights; property in states of exception; and emergent forms of ownership blending public and private interests. These interests apply to water as well as land.
The 鈥淲hat Makes Us Human?鈥 podcast is produced by the 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频 in collaboration with the Cornell Broadcast Studios and features audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty. New episodes are released each Tuesday through the spring semester, airing on WHCU and WVBR. The episodes are also available for download on and and for streaming on the A&S , where text versions of the essays are also posted.
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