This book brings together scholarship in history of Eastern Europe with interdisciplinary inquiries drawing on social anthropology, science and technology
studies (STS), and studies of literary and artistic productions. Conceptualizing
this multidisciplinary volume, we foregrounded different modes and scales
of tracing: from the analysis of nuclear imaginaries and memorializations to
studies of radiation expertise; from tracking nuclear supply chains to reconstructing the atom’s epistemic, institutional, and legal heritage; from artists’
engagements with radioactive matter through radiophotograms to the tracing
of residual radionuclides in environmental health sciences.
This volume took its point of departure at the workshop “Nuclear Landscapes
in Eastern Europe and Asia. Knowledge – Practices – Social Change,” held
at Heidelberg University, Germany in December 2014. The editors wish to
thank Laura Sembritzki for her support in organizing and coordinating the
symposium, which brought together several contributors to this volume.
Many thanks to all participants, presenters and discussants at the Heidelberg
workshop – Melanie Arndt, Klaus Gestwa, Olga Kuchinskaya, Elena Maltseva,
Eglė Rindzevičiūtė, Magdalena Stawkowski, Hiroko Takahashi – for their
insightful and inspiring contributions and comments. As the work continued,
the volume benefited from further academic exchange within the networks of
the project “Nuclear Technopolitics in the Soviet Union,” funded by German
Research Foundation (https://nuctechpol.org).
Many thanks to Steven Lindberg for translating Eva Castringius’ contribution from German to English. We thank Joshua R. Kroeker for his
translation of Olga Nikonova’s chapter from Russian to English as well as
for comprehensive proofreading of the book manuscript. We thank Elias
Hansen, Nils Jochum, Martina Langhals, Paula Simon, and Elisa Zielmann
for their support in compiling the index.
We would like to thank the Excellence Initiative of Ruprecht Karls
University Heidelberg, the Goethe University Frankfurt, and the German
Research Foundation (DFG) for their funding contributions. The open-access
publication was supported by funding from the University of Heidelberg and
the University of Oslo.
Preface and Acknowledgments
studies (STS), and studies of literary and artistic productions. Conceptualizing
this multidisciplinary volume, we foregrounded different modes and scales
of tracing: from the analysis of nuclear imaginaries and memorializations to
studies of radiation expertise; from tracking nuclear supply chains to reconstructing the atom’s epistemic, institutional, and legal heritage; from artists’
engagements with radioactive matter through radiophotograms to the tracing
of residual radionuclides in environmental health sciences.
This volume took its point of departure at the workshop “Nuclear Landscapes
in Eastern Europe and Asia. Knowledge – Practices – Social Change,” held
at Heidelberg University, Germany in December 2014. The editors wish to
thank Laura Sembritzki for her support in organizing and coordinating the
symposium, which brought together several contributors to this volume.
Many thanks to all participants, presenters and discussants at the Heidelberg
workshop – Melanie Arndt, Klaus Gestwa, Olga Kuchinskaya, Elena Maltseva,
Eglė Rindzevičiūtė, Magdalena Stawkowski, Hiroko Takahashi – for their
insightful and inspiring contributions and comments. As the work continued,
the volume benefited from further academic exchange within the networks of
the project “Nuclear Technopolitics in the Soviet Union,” funded by German
Research Foundation (https://nuctechpol.org).
Many thanks to Steven Lindberg for translating Eva Castringius’ contribution from German to English. We thank Joshua R. Kroeker for his
translation of Olga Nikonova’s chapter from Russian to English as well as
for comprehensive proofreading of the book manuscript. We thank Elias
Hansen, Nils Jochum, Martina Langhals, Paula Simon, and Elisa Zielmann
for their support in compiling the index.
We would like to thank the Excellence Initiative of Ruprecht Karls
University Heidelberg, the Goethe University Frankfurt, and the German
Research Foundation (DFG) for their funding contributions. The open-access
publication was supported by funding from the University of Heidelberg and
the University of Oslo.
Preface and Acknowledgments