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What is your water story?

The great state of New Jersey is shaped by water, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Raritan River, Lake Hopatcong to the Delaware Bay. Our lives, just like our geography, are shaped by water too. Recreation and travel (ever spent time at the Jersey shore?), water management and delivery infrastructure in our own communities (ever flushed a toilet?), and economic impact and transportation (ever purchased something from overseas?) – just like turning on the kitchen faucet, it’s all a part of our every day.

As part of building a statewide water story archive, this program invites participants to share and/or listen and to meaningful memories and experiences of water in New Jersey.

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Jennifer Kitson and Megan Bucknum
Professors, Rowan University

Jennifer Kitson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability at Rowan University her research and teaching explore the lived, sensory experience of place in making just, hospitable, and sustainable communities. She is particularly fond of the Glassboro public fountain, which was constructed in 1900 to serve people, horses, and dogs (and doubles as a lampost!) but now only exists in photographs and the imagination.

Megan Bucknum hails from the banks of the Delaware River within the City of Philadelphia and works along the Chestnut Branch of Mantua Creek at Rowan University, where she is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning and Sustainability at Rowan University. Her research and teaching focus on integrating oral history and food systems into traditional community and environmental planning curriculum.
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