Sociocultural water landscapes in the Region of Murcia. Water and physical and social environments of traditional regional irrigation

Authors

  • Juan Ortín
Keywords: Cultural landscapes, traditional irrigation, River Segura, Jumilla, Carvaca, Ricote valley, huerta de Murcia, huerta de Lorca, Campo de Cartagena

Abstract

The variety of landscapes with water present in the Region of Murcia –because of their regularity, structural deficiency or current abundance– are the tangible expression of the past way of life of numerous communities, and some way, influenced everything: the social calendar, the institutional and social relation framework, the institutions dedicated to water management such as the Heredamientos, the social relations of production, whether public or belonging to oligarchies, and the local politics. We have synthesized six references of different socio-cultural water landscapes in the Region of Murcia. Our selection has not shown all the current landscapes, as each one would be a physical and socio-cultural world in itself. Nevertheless, we consider they allow for identifying and representing similar ones.

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Ortín, J. (2015). Sociocultural water landscapes in the Region of Murcia. Water and physical and social environments of traditional regional irrigation. Murcian Journal of Anthropology, (22), 53–74. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/rmu/article/view/242311