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We will ask whether or not Chernobyl has become the archetypal symbol of risk in the modern world, or if social and political developments in Eastern and Western Europe belie this claim.
Perhaps we may question this assumption by arguing that the “anthropological shock” of Chernobyl was ultimately more powerful in Western Europe than in those Eastern European countries that were most directly affected by the disaster. Did the Chernobyl experience have a democratising impact on the societies, as some observers suggest, or did it create even more inequalities among citizens and therefore a greater potential for social and political movements and actions? Finally, the conference will discuss new perspectives on the research into disasters more generally, especially the potential perspectives that the growing field of environmental history may offer to our analysis of broader forces set in motion by disasters.
programme
http://www.zzf-pdm.de/Portals/_Rainbow/images/versanstaltungen/2011_03_25_After%...
Information on participating / attending:
Contact and registration:
Sophia Freund
freund@zzf-pdm.de
Phone: +49 (0)331/74510-139
Registration Deadline: 01.04.2011
Organized by:
Dr. Melanie Arndt (Project director)
Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF Potsdam)
Am Neuen Markt 1
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 80)331/2899157
http://www.zzf-pdm.de
sponsored by: VolkswagenStiftung
Date:
04/07/2011 09:30 - 04/08/2011 18:00
Registration deadline:
04/01/2011
Event venue:
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
IASS Potsdam
Berliner Straße 130
14467 Potsdam
Brandenburg
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Environment / ecology, History / archaeology, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
03/28/2011
Sender/author:
Marion Schlöttke
Department:
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event34703
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