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SUMMARY:The Politics of Dam Resurgence: Exclusion and Inclusion of Socio-E
 cological Impacts From Three Case Studies - Barnaby Dye\, University of Ox
 ford
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CONTACT:Karen Wong
DESCRIPTION:Following a decade that saw a near cessation in dam building a
 cross the world\, and particularly in Africa\, dams are back on the agenda
  with projects and funding widespread. This phenomenon is controversial be
 cause dams’ social and environmental costs\, economic effectiveness and 
 longevity issues have been well evidenced. Thus\, understanding the reason
 s for this surprising trend is timely\, representing ground-breaking resea
 rch considering one of the latest trends in the political ecology of devel
 opment in Africa.\n\nThe talk asserts that justifying rationales for dams\
 , the decision-making and knowledge production involved in their implement
 ation\, are influenced by the high modernist development ideology that arg
 uably reached its zenith in the 1950s-1970s. I argue that a bricolage of t
 his ideology is present in the contemporary dam-building resurgence\, mean
 ing that many of high-modernisms underlying logics\, such as being expert-
 centric\, top-down and non-participatory\, persist alongside reforms in ha
 ving socio-environmental assessment and a degree of compensation. This ‘
 high modernist bricolage’ remains crucial in dam planning\, often to det
 rimental effect on people and the environment. The resurgence in dams is t
 hus significant. It demonstrates the winners and losers entailed by a dam 
 surge and the key ideologies shaping international development trends
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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