Interdisciplinary conversations on Water | Water Extraction | 27 March | 1pm | WiSER Seminar room
WiSER and Wits Water warmly invite you to a monthly discussion series
Interdisciplinary conversations on water
~ Session Two ~
Each session pairs a scientist with a social scientist/humanities scholar who make brief opening presentations to be followed by extensive roundtable discussion.
Our next conversation is this week:
Thursday March 27, 1-2:15pm Conversation 2: Water Extraction
Khuliso Masindi – Water Extraction and Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) (GEOSCIENCES)
Lesego Loate - Water Scarcity in Delmas (SWOP)
Conveners this week will be Profs Sarah Nuttall and Mucha Musemwa
Water impacts each of use every day. From showering first thing in the morning or grabbing a cup of coffee to get the day going through to last thing in the evening for brushing one’s teeth. Implicit to this way of life is the assumption that every moment a tap is touched, water is infinitely available. This assumption is, however, erroneous. Understanding why it is wrong needs interdisciplinary dialogues. The purpose of this series of discussions is for us to begin to communicate with each other. Social scientists, historians, psychologists, artists, literary studies scholars and writers, engineers and scientists all thinking about water together establishing a community of practice.
This conversation will run on Thursdays every three weeks or so in the WiSER seminar room from 1pm-2:15. WiSER is located on the 6th Floor of the Richard Ward Building on East Campus. The format will be a short visual presentation by the speakers of the day, one from the sciences and one from the humanities, followed by discussion engagement.
Lunch will be served at WiSER for all participants
Please RSVP: Najibha.Deshmukh@wits.ac.za