The Terrestrialization of Amphibious Life in a Danube Delta 'Town on Water'
Journal: Suomen Antropologi Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Year: 2019

The Danube Delta town of Vilkovo is often called the ‘Ukrainian Venice’ because of its 40 kilometers of canals. Many of these canals, however, are rapidly filling in with silt and are often impassible by boat. Tourism entrepreneurs and town administrators have begun lobbying for funding for a large-scale canal restoration project and for the town’s designation as a heritage site. Their tourism-development narratives, however, often overlook or simplify a complex set of social and environmental f