Eternal Care
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: In this article, we examine how human interactions with nuclear waste, with special regard to responsibilities and temporalities, have changed over time. Based primarily on historical and contemporary accounts, including interviews, we trace the history of how radioactive residue has been conceptualized and handled in Soviet and post- Soviet Russia and Sweden, from the SecondWorldWar to the present. By juxtaposing the practices and perspectives of dumping, management and care, our aim is to contribute to current efforts to make sense of waste in the Anthropocene.We conclude that to acknowledge a need for eternal care is to accentuate the interdependence of historical and geological temporalities.
Source: Geschichte und Gesellschaft
Authors: Tatiana Kasperski, Anna Storm
Institutions: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Linköping University
Language: German
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $641
OpenAlex ID: W3132071537