Art and Nuclear Power - The Role of Culture in the Environmental Debate

In Art and Nuclear Power: The Role of Culture in the Environmental Debate, Anna Volkmar explores a radical new approach to engage with the environmental destruction and social change caused by modern technologies. With a focus on nuclear power, Volkmar demonstrates how art can suggest ways to muddle through these issues intelligently and ethically.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Ironic Encounters In Nuclear Landscape Photography
Chapter 2: Snapshots from the Zone
Chapter 3: The Art to Remain Exposed
Chapter 4: How to Care for Nuclear Waste?
Conclusion

About the author

Anna Volkmar is independent lecturer of art and technology.

Summary

In Art and Nuclear Power: The Role of Culture in the Environmental Debate, Anna Volkmar explores a radical new approach to engage with the environmental destruction and social change caused by modern technologies. With a focus on nuclear power, Volkmar demonstrates how art can...

Product details

• Authors: Volkmar Anna Volkmar, Anna Volkmar
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781666900248
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-024-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Environment and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); contemporary Art, Photography, Fukushima, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / Art & Politics, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Chernobyl, Ecocriticism, Social and cultural anthropology, Nuclear power & engineering, Nuclear power and engineering, The arts: general topics, radioactive waste