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Scholars are invited to submit a 250-word abstract, alongside 4-5 key words

We welcome papers discussing:

Tangible and intangible cultural, industrial and environmental water heritage and history;
Leisure, tourism and wellbeing on and near inland waters: boating, kayaking, canoeing, walking, running, hiking, cycling, angling, etc.;
Identities and belonging on and near water;
Accessibility, justice and rights to waters;
The ‘lawscapes’ of waters and the rights of personhood;
Discourses, representations and narratives of inland waters in cultural texts and arts (visual art, literature, film, TV, (social) media etc.);
Water transport and mobilities;
(Potable) water use, sustainability and conservation patterns in agriculture, aquaculture, tourism, everyday life etc.;
Flood (or drought) events and the everyday discourses of the climate crises;
Hydropolitics and water management practices, systems and policies;
Waterfront regeneration, redevelopment, planning and governance;
Infrastructures and engineering: hydroelectrics, dams, canalization;
Creative methodologies and artistic practices in exploring waterscapes.