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The use of scaled relief models in the contexts
of water rights and empowerment has been documented in
Ecuador, Latin America.
Recorded uses include among others the following:
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The scale models allow to interactively
design proposals, decisions and their consequences |
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The discussion avoids technicist engineering
explanations and trainers’ offices, in local language |
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Discussions are held in the community,
allowing for context to be an important element |
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Technical and organizational themes can be
linked together more explicitly |
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Design can be combined with real situation
role plays |
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Not only water users are trained, but also
engineers: they come to know the irrigation needs, wishes
and proposals of farmers |
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Collective strategies about
technological (infrastructure), normative (water
rights and rules), and organizational (forms of
association) main themes can be developed more
vividly and effectively among water users, and
between users and technicians. |
