The series four parts in detail:
A Journey in the History of Water' is divided in four programmes of 45 minutes exploring different themes pertaining to the importance of water. The brief description below of the four parts highlights the different angles to water and its history explored by ‘A Journey in the History of Water’:
I. The Struggle
No society can exist, not even for one day, without fresh water. This program takes the viewer from unique scenes in the Himalayas, where a sterile expanse of rock has been transformed into an oasis, to the Borana people of southern Ethiopia, who manually draw water for 300,000 people and a million head of cattle from deep, hidden wells. The ancient civilisation of the Nile valley is contrasted with the highly sophisticated methods of irrigation employed by farmers in California. We then progress via the aqueducts and beautiful fountains of Imperial Rome to the old land of the Aztecs and their water civilisation, where today the world's largest metropolis, Mexico City, is sinking due to overuse of groundwater.
II. The Energy
It was a momentous revolution in the history of humankind when the energy in running water came to be exploited. For countless millennia the only power available was human or animal muscle power. This programme takes the viewer on a dramatic boat trip down the Yangtze through the Three Gorges to the world's biggest hydropower dam, and on to the longest canal ever built, the old Emperor Canal. The programme explores the role of the modest water falls and canals in Britain's industrial revolution, before ending up in Norway, a land abundantly endowed with rivers, lakes and waterfalls, and whose development from about 1500 was totally dependent upon different uses of hydro-power.
III. The Myths
The physical and aesthetic properties of water give it a unique mythical-religious potential. It is always in motion, changing in form, colour and quantity, and has therefore played an important role in myths and religious rituals all over the world. This programme starts on the raincoast of Scandinavia to investigate the religion of the Vikings and then goes to the Middle East, home of the monotheistic desert religions. It follows in the biblical footsteps of the Israelites from Jordan to Jericho and discusses the importance of water in Islam. The role of Mother Ganga in Hinduism and the significance of the enormous funeral pyres in the sacred city of Varanasi are shown. The programme also looks at the history of bathing, from Roman times to modern hydrotherapy in Germany. It ends up in France, at Lourdes, where millions of pilgrims flock every year to take the holy water.
IV. The Conflicts
Many argue that future conflicts will be conflicts over fresh water. Others argue that the water question will encourage co-operation. This programme takes the viewer from the desert city, Las Vegas, where urban history rests not only on the casinos, but also on water control. It then proceeds to Lake Victoria in the heart of Africa, to the wonderful Blue Nile falls in Ethiopia, to the greatest swamp in the world in Southern Sudan and to Egypt, to tell the story of past water conflicts on a grand scale. This is followed by a presentation of the water issue in the Israeli-Arab conflict. Then the viewer is taken to a little-known institution - one of the oldest court still functioning in Europe - the water tribunal in Valencia, Spain. The series ends in the deserts of Oman, bringing the viewer to deep underground canals made more than two thousands years ago and to a water auction!
In detail:
Title: A Journey in the History of Water
Duration: 4 * 45min.
Formats: PAL (European) or NTSC (American) on DVD and VHS
Narration: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Norwegian
Manuscript: Professor Terje Tvedt of the Centre for Development Studies
Director: Terje Dale of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
Adapted for video: Anders Leines and Prof. Terje Tvedt 2001
Adapted for DVD and translated: 2003
Production: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and University of Bergen 2001.
Copyright: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and University of Bergen.
Distributed to: Educational and research institutions and personnel, and public institutions.
It has recently been translated into 8 languages. We are therefore proud to inform you that series is now available in the following languages. Please visit these pages to read more:
English - http://www.watervideo.com/
French - http://www.watervideo.com/french/
Spanish - http://www.watervideo.com/espanol/
Portuguese - http://www.watervideo.com/portugues/
Arabic - http://www.watervideo.com/arabic/
Chinese - http://www.watervideo.com/chinese/
Japanese - http://www.watervideo.com/japanese/
Norwegian - http://www.watervideo.com/norsk/
It has been made available on an eight-language DVD. This is an all-zone version (available in both NTSC and PAL formats) and where all language tracks may be chosen on the same DVD. This means it is easy to switch between languages. The series is also available in VHS sets in all the eight different languages, and all are available in both DVD and VHS.
The reason for these changes to the series from priorly only being available in VHS and in English is the potential that people and institutions who have used the series see for it in education and teaching contexts, in water and resource awareness projects, as water education etc. To read some of the reviews the series has got, please visit http://www.watervideo.com/reviews.htm . These changes to the series should make it potentially much more interesting for institutions, organisations, researchers and professionals to use in the context of water education, teaching etc.
To read more about the series, the formats and payment options, please visit http://watervideo.com
or contact:
Centre for Development Studies
Nygaardsgaten 5
5015 Bergen
Norway
Fax: 47 - 55 58 98 92
E-mail: post@sfu.uib.no
Ordering:
Cost: USD 69
Postage and packing: USD 20
Two Reviews:
Previously, the video series has been used by some universities and colleges in the United States and elsewhere. Two of the scholars who havde used it says this about its potential:
"The video is excellent, no doubt about it. It has interesting and different cases from several parts of the world, and I will also use it in the future, trying to integrate it with some homework, classroom work and discussions."
Tapio S. Katko, Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology (IEEB), Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland
"I used the video in my "Conservation of Natural Resources" class this spring and the students and I were very much impressed. It is one of the finest educational videos I have used in my nearly 40 years of college teaching."
Jim Norwine, Regents Professor, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Please also see:
Bringing Fish to the Bar:
http://iucn.org/info_and_news/press/prsustfish.pdf
A Journey in the History of Water' is divided in four programmes of 45 minutes exploring different themes pertaining to the importance of water. The brief description below of the four parts highlights the different angles to water and its history explored by ‘A Journey in the History of Water’:
I. The Struggle
No society can exist, not even for one day, without fresh water. This program takes the viewer from unique scenes in the Himalayas, where a sterile expanse of rock has been transformed into an oasis, to the Borana people of southern Ethiopia, who manually draw water for 300,000 people and a million head of cattle from deep, hidden wells. The ancient civilisation of the Nile valley is contrasted with the highly sophisticated methods of irrigation employed by farmers in California. We then progress via the aqueducts and beautiful fountains of Imperial Rome to the old land of the Aztecs and their water civilisation, where today the world's largest metropolis, Mexico City, is sinking due to overuse of groundwater.
II. The Energy
It was a momentous revolution in the history of humankind when the energy in running water came to be exploited. For countless millennia the only power available was human or animal muscle power. This programme takes the viewer on a dramatic boat trip down the Yangtze through the Three Gorges to the world's biggest hydropower dam, and on to the longest canal ever built, the old Emperor Canal. The programme explores the role of the modest water falls and canals in Britain's industrial revolution, before ending up in Norway, a land abundantly endowed with rivers, lakes and waterfalls, and whose development from about 1500 was totally dependent upon different uses of hydro-power.
III. The Myths
The physical and aesthetic properties of water give it a unique mythical-religious potential. It is always in motion, changing in form, colour and quantity, and has therefore played an important role in myths and religious rituals all over the world. This programme starts on the raincoast of Scandinavia to investigate the religion of the Vikings and then goes to the Middle East, home of the monotheistic desert religions. It follows in the biblical footsteps of the Israelites from Jordan to Jericho and discusses the importance of water in Islam. The role of Mother Ganga in Hinduism and the significance of the enormous funeral pyres in the sacred city of Varanasi are shown. The programme also looks at the history of bathing, from Roman times to modern hydrotherapy in Germany. It ends up in France, at Lourdes, where millions of pilgrims flock every year to take the holy water.
IV. The Conflicts
Many argue that future conflicts will be conflicts over fresh water. Others argue that the water question will encourage co-operation. This programme takes the viewer from the desert city, Las Vegas, where urban history rests not only on the casinos, but also on water control. It then proceeds to Lake Victoria in the heart of Africa, to the wonderful Blue Nile falls in Ethiopia, to the greatest swamp in the world in Southern Sudan and to Egypt, to tell the story of past water conflicts on a grand scale. This is followed by a presentation of the water issue in the Israeli-Arab conflict. Then the viewer is taken to a little-known institution - one of the oldest court still functioning in Europe - the water tribunal in Valencia, Spain. The series ends in the deserts of Oman, bringing the viewer to deep underground canals made more than two thousands years ago and to a water auction!
In detail:
Title: A Journey in the History of Water
Duration: 4 * 45min.
Formats: PAL (European) or NTSC (American) on DVD and VHS
Narration: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Norwegian
Manuscript: Professor Terje Tvedt of the Centre for Development Studies
Director: Terje Dale of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
Adapted for video: Anders Leines and Prof. Terje Tvedt 2001
Adapted for DVD and translated: 2003
Production: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and University of Bergen 2001.
Copyright: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and University of Bergen.
Distributed to: Educational and research institutions and personnel, and public institutions.
It has recently been translated into 8 languages. We are therefore proud to inform you that series is now available in the following languages. Please visit these pages to read more:
English - http://www.watervideo.com/
French - http://www.watervideo.com/french/
Spanish - http://www.watervideo.com/espanol/
Portuguese - http://www.watervideo.com/portugues/
Arabic - http://www.watervideo.com/arabic/
Chinese - http://www.watervideo.com/chinese/
Japanese - http://www.watervideo.com/japanese/
Norwegian - http://www.watervideo.com/norsk/
It has been made available on an eight-language DVD. This is an all-zone version (available in both NTSC and PAL formats) and where all language tracks may be chosen on the same DVD. This means it is easy to switch between languages. The series is also available in VHS sets in all the eight different languages, and all are available in both DVD and VHS.
The reason for these changes to the series from priorly only being available in VHS and in English is the potential that people and institutions who have used the series see for it in education and teaching contexts, in water and resource awareness projects, as water education etc. To read some of the reviews the series has got, please visit http://www.watervideo.com/reviews.htm . These changes to the series should make it potentially much more interesting for institutions, organisations, researchers and professionals to use in the context of water education, teaching etc.
To read more about the series, the formats and payment options, please visit http://watervideo.com
or contact:
Centre for Development Studies
Nygaardsgaten 5
5015 Bergen
Norway
Fax: 47 - 55 58 98 92
E-mail: post@sfu.uib.no
Ordering:
Cost: USD 69
Postage and packing: USD 20
Two Reviews:
Previously, the video series has been used by some universities and colleges in the United States and elsewhere. Two of the scholars who havde used it says this about its potential:
"The video is excellent, no doubt about it. It has interesting and different cases from several parts of the world, and I will also use it in the future, trying to integrate it with some homework, classroom work and discussions."
Tapio S. Katko, Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology (IEEB), Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland
"I used the video in my "Conservation of Natural Resources" class this spring and the students and I were very much impressed. It is one of the finest educational videos I have used in my nearly 40 years of college teaching."
Jim Norwine, Regents Professor, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Please also see:
Bringing Fish to the Bar:
http://iucn.org/info_and_news/press/prsustfish.pdf