Mr. Giancarlo joined Cisco when the company acquired Kalpana, Inc., the pioneer in Ethernet switching, where he was Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Giancarlo founded four communications equipment companies and successfully sold two of them to larger companies. Mr. Giancarlo was interim CEO of Avaya in 2008 and is currently Chairman of the Board. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of Gerson Lehrman Group, Accenture, and Netflix, Inc.
The conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the early 16th century brought about changes that radically altered the city's semi-aquatic environment. This talk will explore the ways in which indigenous knowledge of water management and control was used and archived after the epistemological break produced by Spanish colonization. Pantitlan, a natural drain in the middle of Lake Texcoco that acquired mythical status when water problems became too pressing to be ignored, serves as a metaphor for the Spanish authorities' engagement with indigenous technologies.
Ivonne del Valle is an assistant professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She is currently researching the political, social and environmental implications of the drainage of Mexico City's lakes from colonial times to the present.