{"id":186,"date":"2018-01-13T17:49:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T01:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/zoltan\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T00:57:25","slug":"bowman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/zoltan\/bowman\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographic Controversy over the Bowman Expeditions \/ M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are some links on the issues surrounding the M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena project at the University of Kansas, so geography students and other academic researchers can become more aware of the controversy involving its connection to the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) nearby at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It is useful to understand the larger context of military targeting of Indigenous dissent in the hemisphere, and the division and privatization of Indigenous collective lands — a background which has generated concerns about the project. <\/span><\/p>\n

The M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena project, part of the larger “Bowman Expeditions,” was jointly funded by the FMSO and the American Geographical Society (AGS), working with the weapons company Radiance Technologies. It was coordinated by Kansas geography professors Peter Herlihy and Jerome Dobson, working with the FMSO’s Geoffrey Demarest and Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (UASLP) Professor Miguel Aguilar Robledo.<\/span><\/p>\n

DOCUMENTS FOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS (AAG) MEMBERS<\/b><\/h3>\n

Declaration of Key Questions about Research Ethics with Indigenous Communities,<\/a> by the AAG Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group<\/a> (10\/10)<\/p>\n

Letter from AAG Indigenous Peoples Specialty <\/a>Group (IPSG) to AAG Board<\/a> (4\/14\/09)<\/p>\n

Letter from IPSG Co-Chairs to San Miguel Tiltepec municipal authority<\/a> (4\/14\/09) En espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

Discussion Paper on Research and Indigenous Peoples<\/a> (Renee Pualani Louis and Zolt\u00e1n Grossman, Co-Chairs, AAG Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group, 3\/09)<\/p>\n

Request that the AAG conduct an inquiry into a violation of the ethical norms of geography<\/a> (Joe Bryan and Joel Wainwright, 3\/16\/09); Follow<\/a>-up letter <\/a>(4\/8\/09)<\/p>\n

CRITIQUES OF M\u00c9XICO IND\u00cdGENA PROJECT<\/b><\/h3>\n

Online documentary film: The Demarest Factor: U.S. military mapping of indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico<\/em><\/a> (Sim\u00f3n Sedillo, 2010, 55 minutes, bilingual)<\/p>\n

Geopiracy: Oaxaca, militant empiricism, and geographical thought.<\/em> <\/a>New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Joel Wainwright, 2012)<\/p>\n

Weaponizing Maps:<\/a> Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas.<\/a><\/em> New York: Guilford Press (Joe Bryan and Denis Wood, 2015)<\/p>\n

Geography Counterinsurgent<\/a> (Joel Wainwright, Counterpunch<\/em>, 12\/16\/12)<\/p>\n

Position of San Juan Yagila: Xidza Declaration on Geopiracy<\/a> (7\/24\/11)<\/p>\n

Position of San Miguel Tiltepec on M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena (Rogelio Hern\u00e1ndez & Bern<\/a>ardino Monta\u00f1o Mendoza, 3\/17\/09). (Press Conference<\/a> in Spanish on YouTube, 3\/17\/09)<\/p>\n

Force multipliers: Geography, militarism, and the Bowman Expeditions<\/a> (Joe Bryan, Political Geography<\/i> 2010, 1-3)<\/p>\n

Multiplicadores de fuerza: geografia, militarismo, y las Expediciones Bowman<\/a> (Joe Bryan, Political Geography<\/i> 2010, 1-3)<\/p>\n

A living space: The relationship between land and property in the community<\/a> (Melquiades (Kiado) Cruz, Political Geography<\/i> 2010, 1-2)<\/p>\n

DoD-funded mapping project to participate in the 2011 World Human Geography Conference<\/a> (El Enemigo Comun<\/em>, 9\/14\/11)<\/p>\n

U.S. Military Funded Mapping Project in Oaxaca<\/a> (Cyril Mychalejko and Ramor Ryan, Z<\/i> magazine, 4\/09).<\/p>\n

Military-backed Mapping Project in Oaxaca Under Fire<\/a> (Cyril Mychalejko and Ramor Ryan, UpsideDownWorld<\/i>, 4\/24\/09).<\/p>\n

Threat of Genocide: US Military Mapping Against Mexico’s Indigenous<\/a> (Simon Sedillo, 7-8\/09)<\/p>\n

The Demarest Factor: The Ethics of Department Of Defense Funding for Academic Research<\/a>, (Sim\u00f3n Sedillo, 3\/14\/09)<\/p>\n

Interview with UNOSJO Indigenous Rights Officer Aldo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a> on mapping controversy in Oaxaca (Ramon Ryan, 3\/12\/09)<\/p>\n

Zapotec Indigenous People in Mexico Demand Transparency from U.S. Scholar\u00a0<\/a>(Saulo Araujo, 1\/22\/09).<\/p>\n

Geographic Survey Project of the Sierra Juarez Mountains Stirs Protests <\/a>, (Nancy Davies, WikiLeaks, 2\/21\/09)<\/p>\n

Human Terrain System Meets the Bowman Expeditions<\/a> (John Stanton, 1\/29\/09)<\/p>\n

Enemigo Com\u00fan<\/a> (webpage on M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena project)<\/p>\n

The Road to Hell <\/a>(Enemigo Com\u00fan)<\/p>\n

Wikipedia article<\/a> on M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena<\/p>\n

REPLIES TO CRITIQUES<\/b><\/h3>\n

American Geographical Society (AGS) press release<\/a><\/p>\n

Jerome Dobson statement<\/a><\/p>\n

AGS Bowman Expedition M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n

M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena on “Misconceptions”<\/a><\/p>\n

Self-appointed gatekeepers attack the American Geographical Society’s first Bowman Expedition<\/a> (Peter H. Herlihy, Political Geography<\/i> 2010, 1-3)<\/p>\n

Guardianes autoproclamados atacan la primera Expedicion Bowman de la Sociedad Geografica Americana<\/a> (Peter H. Herlihy, Political Geography<\/i> 2010, 1-3)<\/p>\n

World Human Geography Conference: Communities and Ethics<\/a> (Lawrence, Kansas, 9\/15-16\/11)<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND ON M\u00c9XICO IND\u00cdGENA<\/b><\/h3>\n

Bowman Expeditions website<\/a> (M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena)<\/p>\n

AGS Bowman Expeditions<\/a><\/p>\n

Executive Summary<\/a> of “M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena: Mexican Open-Source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Project Final Report, Year One”, By Peter H. Herlihy, Derek A. Smith John H. Kelly, Jerome E. Dobson, 6\/5\/06. Prepared by the Radiance Research Team for the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) and the American Geographical Society (AGS).<\/p>\n

A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico: Prototype for the American Geographical Society’s Bowman Expeditions<\/a>, by Peter H. Herlihy, Jerome E. Dobson; Miguel Aguilar Robledo; Derek A. Smith; Kelly, John H.; Aida Ramos Viera (Geographical Review<\/em>, July 2008)<\/p>\n

Lawrence newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n

ESRI<\/i> article<\/a><\/p>\n

Map Room<\/i> article<\/a><\/p>\n

BOWMAN EXPEDITIONS PERSONNEL<\/b><\/h3>\n

Geoffrey Demarest<\/a>, IberoAmerica researcher at the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office, representative on M\u00e9xico Ind\u00edgena project.<\/p>\n

Geopolitics and Urban Armed Conflict in Latin America<\/a>, by Geoffrey Demarest, FMSO. Small Wars and Insurgencies<\/i>, Vol. 6, No.1 (Spring 95)<\/p>\n

The Overlap of Military and Police in Latin America<\/a>, by LTC Geoffrey Demarest, FMSO (4\/9\/95)<\/p>\n

Mapping Colombia: the Correlation between Land Data and Strategy<\/a>, by Geoffrey Demarest, FMSO (3\/03).<\/p>\n

Expeditionary Police Service<\/a>, by LTC Geoffrey Demarest, FMSO (Military Review<\/i>, 6\/93).<\/p>\n

The Strategic Implications of Operational Law<\/a>, by LTC Geoffrey Demarest, FMSO (4\/95).<\/p>\n

Geoproperty<\/i><\/a> book by Geoff Demarest (See pages 84, 91, 243 — or just Search for “indigenous”)<\/p>\n

Jerome Dobson<\/a> biography<\/p>\n

Jerome Dobson in AGS newsletter Ubique<\/a><\/i> (2\/06)<\/p>\n

Fort Leavenworth Hosts AGS Council<\/a>; meeting with Gen. Petraeus, in Ubique<\/em> <\/i> (12\/06)<\/p>\n

Geoslavery<\/a> article by Jerome Dobson (additional link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

David J. Keeling<\/a> (Western Kentucky University)<\/p>\n

Bowman Expedition in Medell\u00edn, Colombia<\/a> (David J. Keeling, Western Kentucky University Department of Geography)<\/p>\n

FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES OFFICE (FMSO) DOCUMENTS<\/h3>\n

Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO)<\/a>, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas<\/p>\n

Insurgencies, Terrorist Groups and Indigenous Movements: An Annotated Bibliography <\/a>(Mr. Gerard Gato, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS) in Military Review<\/i>, 7-8\/99<\/p>\n

Civil Information Management in Support of Counterinsurgency Operations: A Case for the Use of Geospatial Information Systems in Colombia<\/a> by Maj. Jos\u00e9 M. Madera, FMSO. US Army Reserve, School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth (AY 05-06).<\/p>\n

“Mexico’s Other Insurgents<\/a>.” (Graham H. Turbiville, Jr.) in Military Review, <\/i>May-June 1997, pp. 81-90.<\/p>\n

Law Enforcement and the Mexican Armed Forces: New Internal Security Missions Challenge the Military <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

US-Mexican Border Security: Civil-Military Cooperation <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

Mexican Security <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

Insurrection: An Analysis Of The Chiapas Uprising <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Evolving Security Posture <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Multimission Force for Internal Security <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

The Death Cult of the Drug Lords Mexico’s Patron Saint of Crime, Criminals, and the Dispossessed <\/a>(FMSO)<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND ON LARGER CONTEXTS<\/b><\/h3>\n

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<\/a> (see Article 11\/2)<\/p>\n

The Global War on Tribes<\/a> (Zolt\u00e1n Grossman, Z magazine,<\/em> 6\/2\/10)<\/p>\n

Mapping, Indigenous Research Ethics, and the \u201cGlobal War on Tribes\u201d<\/a> (Zolt\u00e1n Grossman, Presentation to University of Victoria Department of Geography, 2\/24\/17).<\/p>\n

‘War on Terror’ Has Latin American Indigenous People in Its Sights<\/a> (Gustavo Gonz\u00e1lez, Inter Press Service<\/i>, 6\/6\/05)<\/p>\n

The Threat of Hope in Latin America <\/a>(Naomi Klein, The Nation<\/i>, 11\/4\/05)<\/p>\n

NIC Report <\/a>on Mapping the Global Future 2020 (<\/i>by the National Intelligence Council). Includes “Latin America in 2020: Will Globalization Cause the Region to Split?” (pp. 78-95). Summary<\/a><\/p>\n

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From Anthropology to Human Geography: Human Terrain and the Evolution of Operational Sociocultural Understanding<\/a> (Richard M. Medina, Intelligence and National Security<\/em> 8\/15\/14)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Human Terrain in Oaxaca<\/a> (Dustin Oneman, Savage Minds<\/em>, 2\/5\/09)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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