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DESCRIPTION:An Environmental and Technological History of Cold War Mega-Pro
 jects in Latin America\n\nWeaponizing Geography demonstrates the consequen
 ces of unbuilt mega-projects. Sebastian Diaz Angel will discuss the untold
  story of how a series of high modernist Cold War projects came into being
  and what their proponents hoped to achieve\, as well as the successes\, f
 ailures\, and consequences of their actions. It examines the so-called “
 South American Great Lakes System” (SAGLS)\, a geographical and environm
 ental engineering project (1964-1973) proposed by the Hudson Institute of 
 New York\, a think tank related to the U.S. Department of Defense. With th
 e support of influential Latin American elite members\, engineers\, and wa
 r strategists\, this think tank sought to transform the major rivers of th
 e continent into a series of massive interlocked\, channelized\, and navig
 able artificial reservoirs. Much like the North American Great Lakes\, the
 se waterways would provide (in theory) inexpensive riverine transportation
 \, inexhaustible sources of hydropower\, and a landscape facilitating larg
 e-scale agroindustry\, mining\, and counterinsurgency operations in allege
 dly “unexploited and unexplored” tropical regions.\n\nPlease join us f
 or this virtual conversation. Register here.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nBefor
 e starting his Ph.D. at Cornell’s History Department\, Dr. Sebastian Dia
 z Angel had an M.A. in Geography\, a B.A. in History\, and a B.A. in Polit
 ical Sciences. He worked as the Digital Map Curator at the National Librar
 y of Colombia\, lectured at Externado University\, and led Razón Cartogr
 áfica\, an academic network promoting research on the history of geograph
 y and cartography in Colombia and Latin America. Sebastian specializes in 
 maps studies and has a profound interest in environmental history\, scienc
 e and technology studies\, geopolitics\, public history\, and the digital 
 humanities.\n\nHost\n\nJudith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studi
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SUMMARY:Weaponizing Geography
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