Asian Entanglements in Arid Lands: Arizona, Arabia, and Desert Geopolitics
Автор: John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University
Загружено: 2020-04-06
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On March 4, 2020, Dr. Natalie Koch presented “Asian Entanglements in Arid Lands: Arizona, Arabia, and Desert Geopolitics” at the Duke Center for International and Global Studies. Natalie Koch is Associate Professor of Geography and O'Hanley Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
In 2014, the largest dairy company in the Middle East, Almarai, purchased a farm near Vicksburg, Arizona. The Saudi company is now growing alfalfa there and shipping it back to their headquarters at Al Kharj farms, where it has a herd of more than 160,000 milk cows just outside of Riyadh. Why is a Saudi company investing in farmland in Arizona? And why does Saudi Arabia have such a large dairy industry? Further, given that dairy and alfalfa farms both require an immense amount of water to maintain, why are these developments happening in the deserts of Arizona and Arabia?
By exploring these arid entanglements through the lens of environmental history, STS, and geography, Natalie Koch offers an approach to "desert geopolitics" that shows how current ties linking Arizona, the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia more broadly are rooted in geographic imaginaries that spectacularize desert farming projects.
This presentation was sponsored by the Duke Center for International and Global Studies, the John Hope Franklin Center and the Global Asia Initiative.
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