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JULIA WATSON

LO—TEK. WATER. A FIELD GUIDE FOR TEKNOLOGY

WATSON, JULIA

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Editorial:
TASCHEN
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
ISBN:
978-3-8365-9444-8
Páginas:
558
Encuadernación:
Cartoné
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Plunge into the ancestral water wisdom that could reshape all our futures. This spell-binding book reveals how Indigenous innovations—like floating farms, tidal fish traps, and aquifer recharge systems—have sustained civilizations for millennia by working with nature, not against it. Far from relics, these systems offer dynamic, adaptable solutions for the climate crisis of today.Structured to bridge past and future, the author Julia Watson dissolves the divide between technology and ecology, between ancestral wisdom and digital innovation. The TEKnological Renaissance it celebrates redefines water as an intelligent force that can shape resilient cities and landscapes. Aquatic infrastructure is reframed—from extractive and industrial into regenerative and evolving—designed to sustain life for generations. Co-authored with Indigenous knowledge-keepers and with a foreword by Dr. Lyla June Johnson (Diné/Tsétsehést?hese), this captivating read investigates traditional hydrological technologies across diverse ecosystems, from salty coastal reefs to freshwater wetlands. Discover Mexico’s chinampas, China’s dike-ponds, Bangladesh’s floating farms and Micronesia’s tidal traps.Shifting focus from the past to the present and future, it also showcases 22 groundbreaking contemporary TEK projects—including Peru’s reed-insulated housing, Thailand’s terraced rooftop farms, and China’s Sponge Cities—proving TEK continues to drive transformative design. This is both a field guide and a manifesto: a call to architects, planners, and communities to design with water’s elemental intelligence and build future worlds that are rooted in resilience.
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Sumérjase en la sabiduría ancestral sobre el agua, que podría transformar nuestro futuro. Este libro fascinante revela cómo las innovaciones indígenas —como las granjas flotantes, las trampas de marea y los sistemas de recarga de acuíferos— han sostenido civilizaciones durante milenios al trabajar con la naturaleza, no en su contra. Lejos de ser reliquias, estos sistemas ofrecen soluciones dinámicas y adaptables frente a la crisis climática actual.

El libro, estructurado para conectar el pasado con el futuro, disuelve la brecha entre tecnología y ecología, entre sabiduría ancestral e innovación digital. El Renacimiento TEKnológico que celebra redefine el agua como una fuerza inteligente capaz de moldear ciudades y paisajes resilientes. La infraestructura acuática se replantea: de extractiva e industrial a regenerativa y evolutiva, diseñada para sustentar la vida durante generaciones. 

Escrita en coautoría con guardianes del conocimiento indígena y con prólogo de la Dra. Lyla June Johnson (Diné/Tsétsehést?hese), esta lectura fascinante investiga tecnologías hidrológicas tradicionales en diversos ecosistemas, desde arrecifes costeros salados hasta humedales de agua dulce. Descubra las chinampas de México, los estanques-diques de China, las granjas flotantes de Bangladesh y las trampas de marea de Micronesia.

Con una mirada que abarca pasado, presente y futuro, también presenta 22 proyectos innovadores de conocimiento hidrológico tradicional (TEK), incluyendo las viviendas con aislamiento de caña de Perú, las granjas en terrazas de Tailandia y las ciudades esponja de China, demostrando que el TEK sigue impulsando el diseño transformador. Esta obra es a la vez una guía práctica y un manifiesto: un llamamiento a arquitectos, planificadores y comunidades para diseñar con la inteligencia elemental del agua y construir mundos futuros basados en la resiliencia.

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