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It addresses the theme of power through participatory management of water resources, which has been mandatory in Vietnam since 2004, and which is experiencing contrasting applications in the country. This research project project postulates that the use of computerized serious games with the actors involved in this management (managers and irrigators) would help to initiate dialogue on participatory water management, and would enable the creation of events conducive to the exchange of ideas. the creation of events conducive to the expression of power, otherwise difficult to access. This thesis explores the use of participatory simulations at the interface of several fields of environmental geography including political ecology, Socio-Technical System Theories, and certain logics specific to the critical approach to companion modelling.

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Key words : Irrigation, serious games, Environment, Development, Vietnam