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Irene J. Klaver

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Biography

Irene Klaver has deep experience and expertise in thinking water philosophically. In addition to her numerous academic publications in this field, Klaver is director of the Philosophy of Water project, and co-editor of Water, Cultural Diversity & Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?, a product of the UNESCO-International Hydrological Program Water and Cultural Diversity initiative. She is also a member of the UNESCO expert advisory group of the project on Water and Cultural Diversity (WCD). Klaver is also the Executive Director of WaterWays-Confluence of Art, Science, Policy and Philosophy, an interdisciplinary and international water conference at the University of North Texas. She is also co-director of the film "Grazed: Ranching, Water and Open Space in the Era of Sub-Division" (2009). In short, Klaver's academic expertise is deeply enriched by her political and artistic involvement in issues of water and culture.

Irene Klaver possède une expérience et une expertise éprouvées sur le sujet de penser l’eau philosophiquement. En plus de ses nombreuses publications dans ce domaine, Klaver est directrice du projet Philosophy of Water, et coéditrice de Water, Cultural Diversity & Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?, organisé par l’initiative Water and Cultural Diversity du Programme hydrologique international de l’UNESCO. Elle est aussi membre du Comité consultatif d'experts du projet sur l’eau et la diversité culturelle (WCD) de l’UNESCO. De plus, Klaver est la directrice exécutive de WaterWays-Confluence of Art, Science, Policy and Philosophy, une conférence interdisciplinaire et internationale à la University of North Texas. Côté cinéma, elle a assuré la co-mise en scène du film Grazed: Ranching, Water and Open Space in the Era of Sub-Division. Bref, la participation politique et artistique de Klaver aux questions de l’eau et de la culture viennent étoffer amplement son expertise universitaire.

Please see Reconnecting Visible and Invisible Water Infrastructures with Water Bodies.

Veuillez voir le résumé: Reconnecting Visible and Invisible Water Infrastructures with Water Bodies (v.f.).

Associate Professor, Philosophy & Religion Studies, University of North Texas, Professeure adjointe, philosophie et études en religion

Publications
  • Co-Editor with M.Zimmerman, J.B.Callicott, K.Warren, J.Clark: Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology (New York: Prentice-Hall, 2004).
  • "Wild: Rhythm of Appearing and Disappearing" in The Great New Wilderness Debate, Volume 2, Eds. M.P.Nelson and J.B.Callicott (U. of Georgia Press, 2008).
  • "Boundaries on the Edge" in Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory and Practice, Eds. C.Brown and T.Toadvine (State University of New York Press, 2007).
  • with John Donahue, "Whose Water is it Anyway? Boundary Negotiations on the Edwards Aquifer in Texas" in Globalization, Water and Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity, Eds. L. Whiteford and S. Whiteford (School of American Research Press, 2005) 107-127.