Past Futures of Hydroelectricity

Past Futures of Hydroelectricity

The climate crisis obliges us to rethink landscape protection due to the need for renewable energy. Images and narratives of historic documentary films on the most important Swiss dam projects demonstrate that hydropower has always been a controversial endeavor in the Alpine republic. The films deal...

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主要作者: Maurer, Jacqueline
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語言:Anglais
出版: Ardeth 2025
主題:
hydropower
dams
documentary cinema
energia idroelettrica
dighe
cinema documentario
在線閱讀:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:ardeth_4449 en https://journals.openedition.org/ardeth/4449 2025-01-30T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/137iz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Past Futures of Hydroelectricity Ardeth Rosenberg & Sellier info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2611-934X info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2532-6457 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ardeth Maurer, Jacqueline hydropower dams documentary cinema energia idroelettrica dighe cinema documentario The climate crisis obliges us to rethink landscape protection due to the need for renewable energy. Images and narratives of historic documentary films on the most important Swiss dam projects demonstrate that hydropower has always been a controversial endeavor in the Alpine republic. The films deal, in pro- or retrospect, with measures and discourses around the planning and construction of such infrastructures for expected futures. Four crucial moments in the Swiss context are covered: Karl Sauer explores the early Lake Sihl project commissioned by Swiss Federal Railways in the 1930s. Jean-Luc Godard documents in the 1950s the construction of the Grande Dixence dam to save Switzerland from electricity shortage. In the 1990s Peter Liechti entered the critical discourse of planned expansions of existing projects, whereas my photographs on site of Grande Dixence give insight into a communication programme to foster local tourism and to reach for acceptance for hydropower extension. Si tratta di un'esplorazione storica delle dighe svizzere attraverso le immagini dei film documentari. Essi trattano, in modo pro o retrospettivo, le misure e i discorsi relativi alla pianificazione e alla costruzione di infrastrutture idroelettriche per il futuro previsto. Vengono trattati quattro momenti cruciali nel contesto svizzero dell'energia idroelettrica: Karl Sauer esplora il progetto del lago di Sihl degli anni Trenta, commissionato dalle Ferrovie Federali Svizzere. Jean-Luc Godard documenta negli anni Cinquanta la costruzione della diga della Grande Dixence come scudo contro il rischio di carenza di elettricità in Svizzera. Negli anni '90 Peter Liechti entra nel discorso critico delle espansioni pianificate di progetti esistenti. Infine, le mie fotografie scattate sul posto della Grande Dixence presentano momenti di comunicazione all'interno dei paesaggi energetici, come l'infrastruttura all'interno della diga per proiettare il film di Godard modificato. Le visite guidate e il programma di mediazione curato dovrebbero garantire, fin dai primi anni 2000, l'accettazione dell'energia idroelettrica e favorire il turismo locale.
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topic hydropower
dams
documentary cinema
energia idroelettrica
dighe
cinema documentario
spellingShingle hydropower
dams
documentary cinema
energia idroelettrica
dighe
cinema documentario
Maurer, Jacqueline
Past Futures of Hydroelectricity
description The climate crisis obliges us to rethink landscape protection due to the need for renewable energy. Images and narratives of historic documentary films on the most important Swiss dam projects demonstrate that hydropower has always been a controversial endeavor in the Alpine republic. The films deal, in pro- or retrospect, with measures and discourses around the planning and construction of such infrastructures for expected futures. Four crucial moments in the Swiss context are covered: Karl Sauer explores the early Lake Sihl project commissioned by Swiss Federal Railways in the 1930s. Jean-Luc Godard documents in the 1950s the construction of the Grande Dixence dam to save Switzerland from electricity shortage. In the 1990s Peter Liechti entered the critical discourse of planned expansions of existing projects, whereas my photographs on site of Grande Dixence give insight into a communication programme to foster local tourism and to reach for acceptance for hydropower extension.
author Maurer, Jacqueline
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title Past Futures of Hydroelectricity
title_short Past Futures of Hydroelectricity
title_full Past Futures of Hydroelectricity
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