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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Anna Volkmar is a PhD Candidate at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on the question how visual art can be effective in debates on the societal impact of nuclear technologies, particularly nuclear power plants and geological repositories for the long-term storage of radioactive waste.

Riassunto

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...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Volkmar Anna Volkmar, Anna Volkmar
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781666900248
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-024-8
• Pagine: 220
• Serie: Environment and Society
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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