WATER POWER-KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD WATER COUNCIL

Abstract

This essay describes the discursive production of the World Water Council, created in 1996 to foster international debate and actions regarding water. To this end, we analyze documents and reports published by the Council and the World Water Forums organization held in the period. To understand the discourse imperatives on the international debate about the environment, the study articulates the framework of post-colonial studies with Michel Foucault’s analysis of power, while also borrowing the notion of moral justification developed by pragmatic sociology.

Keywords:
Water Governance; Society and Water Resources; Coloniality and Environment; World Water Council