... in 1985, Ivan Illich's H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness is the result of notes he took for a short lecture he gave in Dallas, as well as notes from a lecture given by his colleague Ruth Kriss-Rettenbeck. These lectures pertained to the question of whether the city of Dallas should create a four-block body of water in its midst. Illich's H2O addresses the subject of our cultural relationships with water over the ... a new space to squat in. (p. 19) The discussion of human relationships with water is introduced through references to the Book of Genesis and Greek mythology. In Genesis, w...

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