Damned geographies.
The research aims to analyze the liquid geographies of power in the US determined by water dam construction. In particular, through the parallel of two points of view: the white colonizers with the hydrologic infrastructure developments, and the Native Indians.
Carlotta Olivari, Nelly Wat, Mariam Zelimger.
Missouri Basin (United States of America).
2021
Research, visualisation.
How can we reveal the concealed ways the materials and technologies are interlaced throughout consequential landscapes and re-territorialisations across the Earth? The focus is on the water dam construction along the Missouri River (US): what are the materials and policies necessary for this to happen and what are the landscapes and territories that support the development of these technologies and materials? The final aim is to unveil the unfair material exchange between the settlers’ productive infrastructure and the engagement of Indians with their land.
Missouri Basin (United States of America).
2021
Research, visualisation.
How can we reveal the concealed ways the materials and technologies are interlaced throughout consequential landscapes and re-territorialisations across the Earth? The focus is on the water dam construction along the Missouri River (US): what are the materials and policies necessary for this to happen and what are the landscapes and territories that support the development of these technologies and materials? The final aim is to unveil the unfair material exchange between the settlers’ productive infrastructure and the engagement of Indians with their land.
Team: Carlotta Olivari, Nelly Wat, Mariam Zelimger.
Location: Missouri basin (United States of America).
Year: 2020
Design Stages:Research, visualisation.
Full description: How can we reveal the concealed ways the materials and technologies are interlaced throughout consequential landscapes and re-territorialisations across the Earth? The focus is on the water dam construction along the Missouri River (US): what are the materials and policies necessary for this to happen and what are the landscapes and territories that support the development of these technologies and materials? The final aim is to unveil the unfair material exchange between the settlers’ productive infrastructure and the engagement of Indians with their land.