José Rivera, PhD. Professor CNH Group UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

José  de  Urru+a  Map  of  Santa  Fe  ca.  1767

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

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Presa  at  Rio  Pecos  ca.  1917  Museum  of  New  Mexico  Photo

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Aerial  of  Velarde  Orchards  1986  Photo  by  Paul  Logsdon

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Ditch  Cleaning  at  El  Valle  1980  Photo  by  Alex  Harris

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Ditch  Repair  at  El  Cerrito  1998  Photo  by  Sharon  Stewart

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Estevan  Arellano  at  Embudo  1995  Photo  by  Miguel  Gandert

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

NSF  Dynamics  of  Coupled  Natural  and  Human  Systems  :Acequia  CNH  Project

•    Characterize  acequia  cultural  resilience,  adaptability  and  responsesto  stress

•     Input   acequia   social   and   cultural   variables   into   the   CNH   SystemDynamics    Model

•Develop   research   monograph   and   mapping   inventory   of   the   RioChama  and  tributaries  as  a  case  study  of  society  at  a  regional  scale

•     Partner   with   acequia   associaGons   to   address   socio-­‐economicimpacts   of   changing   hydrologic   condiGons     on   tradiGonal   watermanagement  pracGces  at  three  study  sites:    Alcalde,  El  Rito,  and  RioHondo

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

New  Mexico  Acequia  Associa+on:    Congreso  2006

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

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CNH    NMSU

NMAA  Acequia  Assessment  Survey  2008

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH  Focus  GroupsAlcalde,  El  Rito,  Rio  Hondo  Summer  2012*

•Acequia    Governance    and  Water  Sharing  Customs•Food,  Seeds  and  Agricultural  Tradi+ons•Transmission  of  Local  Knowledge•Mutualism  and  Social  Capital•Land  Ownership  and  Land  Use•Farming  and  Crops•Livestock  Ranching  Tradi+ons  and  Grazing

*NMAA  (Quita  Or+z),  UNM  José  Rivera  and  Sylvia  Rodríguez

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Acequia  Community  Resilience

•Aaachment  to  Land  and  Place:    Collec+ve  Iden+ty•Mutual  Networks  and  Social  Density•Leadership  of  Key  Individuals:    Mayordomo  Role•Social  Memory  Embedded  in  the  Culture•Ecological  Knowledge  of  Local  Condi+ons•Local  Control  of  Resources•Autonomy  of  Decision  Making  Structure•Tipping  Points  and  Adap+ve  Capacity  to  Renew

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    NMSU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Sandia  Na+onal  Laboratories    

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    NMSU                                                                                                                                                                                                        Sandia  Na+onal  Laboratories    

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

QualitaGve  Analysis  and  VisualizaGon  Methodology

•Public  records,  ethnographic  histories,  secondary  theore+cal  literature•Archival  repositories:    primary  source  documents,  archeological  surveys,sociological  reports,  historic  maps  and  cartography  of  the  region•Field-­‐based  ethnographies:    par+cipant  observa+on,  focus  groups  andinterviews•Ques+onnaires  and  surveys:    new  or  exis+ng  data•Census  data  and  popula+on  projec+ons  urban  and  rural•GIS  analysis  of  land  use  and  the  built  environment•Geo-­‐spa+al  modeling  of  natural  systems•Modeling  of  landscape  and  human  sealement  morphology  at  mul+ple  scales•Visualiza+on  tools  and  technology  to  analyze  land  use  alterna+ves

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Adapted  from  Berkes,  F.,  J.  Colding,  and  C.  Folke  (Eds),  2003.    Naviga&ngSocial-­‐Ecological  Systems:    Building  Resilience  for  Complexity  and  Change

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

CNH    UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons

Acknowledgments

FundingFundingNational Science Foundation –Dynamics of Coupled Natural &Human Systems NMSU Award #1010516National Science Foundation NM EPSCoR Award #0814449

CollaboratorsCollaboratorsNew Mexico Acequia AssociationNew Mexico Acequia AssociationSandia National LaboratoriesSandia National Laboratories

UniversitiesUniversitiesNew Mexico State UniversityNew Mexico State UniversityUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyUniversity of Concepción, ChileUniversity of Concepción, Chile

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

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Photo Credits

Museum of New Mexico: José de Urrutia Map of Santa Fe ca. 1767 and Presa at Rio Pecos ca. 1917

Paul Logsdon: Aerial of Velarde Orchards 1986

Alex Harris: Ditch Cleaning at El Valle 1980

Sharon Stewart: Ditch Repair at El Cerrito 1998

Miguel Gandert: Estevan Arellano at Embudo 1995

New Mexico Acequia Association: Congreso 2006

Terrain Models: CNH Group UNM

José Rivera, PhD. Professor CNH Group UNM

Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model

Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons