Ware's Waldo: Hydroelectric Development and the Creation of the Other in British Columbia | NiCHE - Network in Canadian History & Environment

Daniel Sims, "Ware's Waldo: Hydroelectric Development and the Creation of the Other in British Columbia,"Cross-Pollination: Seeding New Ground for Environmental Thought and Activism across the Arts and Humanities. 25 March 2011

Presenter:

Daniel Sims

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Cross-Pollination: Seeding New Ground for Environmental Thought and Activism across the Arts and Humanities

Event Location:

Edmonton

Presentation Date:

Mar 25 2011

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Bio:

Sims is a Graduate Student, University of Alberta

Abstract:

In the 1960s, the province of British Columbia under its “two river policy” built hydroelectric dams on the Peace and Columbia rivers. In the 1970s, CBC produced two documentaries on the effects of these developments. “Ware’s Waldo” examines how these documentaries not only constructed a narrative of tragedy regarding both developments, but also portrayed the local inhabitants as the “other:” the “Indian” other on the Peace and the “volk” on the Columbia.

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