@article{fdi:010087976,
  title = {{A} multiplicity of prek(s) : enacting a socionatural mosaic in the {C}ambodian upper {M}ekong delta},
  author = {{V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {J}ensen, {C}.{B}},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n {K}hmer, the word prek designates a connection between things. {I}n {K}andal province in {C}ambodia, preks crisscross the landscape, connecting rivers with floodplains, supporting rich ecologies and a variety of livelihoods. {D}rawing on science and technology studies ({STS}) and critical water research,  this paper explores prek(s) as a multiplicity. {R}ather than taking the prek as a passive object around which various practices occur, we examine how prek(s) are enacted as ontologically different : as irrigation infrastructure, as pathway to rice intensification, as device for {C}ambodian state-making, and as climate-friendly agricultural development. {A}fter analyzing interference patterns between enactments  and their scale-making effects in- and outside the {M}ekong floodplains, we make explicit our own ontological politics. {F}ocused on sustaining multiple uses and ecosystems, 'our' prek is a socionatural mosaic landscape where many human and more-than-human actors and practices can coexist. {T}his ontological politics, we suggest, has implications for planetary environmental knowledges and delta management far beyond {K}andal's landscape.},
  keywords = {{CAMBODGE} ; {MEKONG} {DELTA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}nvironment and {P}lanning {E}-{N}ature and {S}pace},
  volume = {5},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {1446--1465},
  ISSN = {2514-8486},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1177/25148486211026835},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087976},
}