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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Flow and Hydrochemistry in Drainage Networks

Despite their high ecological value, non-perennial streams have received less attention than their perennial counterparts. This doctoral thesis addresses this disparity by advancing knowledge on the dynamics of the drainage density and hydrologic processes ...

EPFL2024

Forestscapes and the plantation. The ‚longue-durée‘ of Swiss coloniality shaping Brazilian and Swiss land

Denise Bertschi

How can artistic practices trace, unearth and reveal long lasting intrusion into landscapes and ecosystems through colonial infrastructure? This talk compares the romantizised visual language in travelogues of european „scientific“ explorers in the forests ...

2023

STATE FICTION „SUPERVISE, OBSERVE, INSPECT and INVESTIGATE“: The Scopic Practices of the Swiss Neutral Military Mission in Korea from 1953 to 1980

Denise Bertschi

The public program in the context of Bianca Baldi’s solo exhibition deals with perspectives on the colonial image archive and asks for the potential of a critical redesign. On November 5 and 6, the invited artists and scholars will introduce alternative na ...

2022

STATE FICTION. The Gaze of the Swiss Neutral Mission in the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Denise Bertschi

In her book "State Fiction" Denise Bertschi looks at how Switzerland's neutral mission in the Korean demilitarized zone contributed to the construction of the Swiss “neutral” national identity. Offering new perspectives in terms of geopolitical, military, ...

Edition Centre de la Photographie Genève2021

OASIS OF PEACE. Neutral Only on the Outside

Denise Bertschi

As part of her exhibition Oasis of Peace. Neutral Only On The Outside at Centre culturel suisse, the artist Denise Bertschi talks with Heonik Kwon (Senior Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at Trinity College, University of Cambridge). For her exhibiti ...

2021

STATE FICTION. Neutral Only on the Outside

Denise Bertschi

Under the title "State Fiction" (2014–2021) the artist's long-term research focusses on the zone that divides the two Koreas, a locus of congealed international Cold War interests and a source of improbable images. After an internationally brokered armisti ...

self-published2021

The invention of the Swiss house: engineers, ethnographers and artists to the discovery of the Alpine vernacular construction / L’invenzione della casa svizzera: ingegneri, etnografi e artisti alla scoperta della costruzione vernacolare alpina

Nicola Braghieri

At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900, Switzerland presented itself to the world by exhibiting an imaginary synthetic village, making the conflicting features of the various Cantons – which for a few decades gathered under the flag of the Confederat ...

2021

Bedload transport assessment on a physical model of a large river widening using ultrasonic Doppler velocity measurements

Giovanni De Cesare, Azin Amini, Jean-Noël Saugy

The 3rd correction of the Rhône River is the largest flood protection project in Switzerland so far. Covering a length of 162 km, it aims to protect some 100,000 people and prevent flood damages, which could raise up to 10 billion Swiss francs for major ev ...

ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Food Process Engineering2021

Analysis of the Relations Between Daily Space-Time Behaviours and Modal Practices. The Case of Switzerland

Vincent Kaufmann, Guillaume Simon Joseph Drevon, Alexis Gumy, Armelle Loreline Hausser

Reducing the role of the car in daily mobility practices is still largely a struggle for Switzerland's public transport policies. Adapting transport supply to user demand is the major challenge for this modal shift, the response to which requires a detaile ...

2020

Evolution of reservoir flushing and emptying practices in a cascade of large reservoirs across several decades

Giovanni De Cesare, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Samuel Luke Vorlet, Sebastián Guillén Ludeña

Reservoir sedimentation is, at present, one of the main concerns in the operational management of dams in the Alps. For larger seasonal storage reservoirs, the main operational concern is the blockage of bottom outlets and turbine abrasion. In case of infr ...

2018

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