Neo-colonial Continuities in the Mediterranean Infrastructure Projects of Atlantropa and Desertec

Ardeth Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.17454/ardeth07.08
Alexander Stumm
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Herman Sorgel’s gigantic project “Atlantropa” is a prominent European project in terms of infrastructure and territory in the first half of the 20th century. It is an example of a modernity that is necessarily believing in progress through technology – as will be shown the first section of this essay, but it is also profitable in that it historically locates Europe’s current energy policy infrastructure projects in Africa, to which the second section of the essay is dedicated. The vision pursued under the name Destertec envisages the large-scale implementation of renewable energy power plants, especially solar thermal power plants in Northern Africa. Both projects share an unshakeable belief in ecomodernist ideas, meaning the solution of socio-economic and ecological challenges through technology (Gall, 2014). Furthermore, argumentation patterns of the 1920s based in colonial ideology of a Pan-Europa or Eurafrica still serve to advertise development programs in the 21st century. The historical perspective with an overview about “Atlantropa” thus serves as a mean to question justifications of recent European energy projects in Northern Africa.
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地中海基础设施项目中新殖民主义的连续性:大西洋和沙漠
赫尔曼·索格尔(Herman Sorgel)的巨型项目“亚特兰蒂斯”(Atlantropa)是20世纪上半叶欧洲在基础设施和领土方面的一个突出项目。这是现代性的一个例子,它必然相信通过技术的进步——正如本文的第一部分所展示的那样,但它也有利可图,因为它历史地定位了欧洲目前在非洲的能源政策基础设施项目,这是本文的第二部分所致力于的。以Destertec的名义所追求的愿景设想了可再生能源发电厂的大规模实施,特别是在北非的太阳能热电厂。这两个项目都有着不可动摇的生态现代主义理念,即通过技术解决社会经济和生态挑战(Gall, 2014)。此外,20世纪20年代基于泛欧罗巴或欧洲非洲殖民意识形态的论证模式仍然为21世纪的发展计划做宣传。因此,从历史的角度对“亚特兰蒂斯”进行概述,可以作为质疑最近欧洲在北非能源项目合理性的手段。
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