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A visual geography of Chernobyl : double exposure

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Davies, Thom (2013) A visual geography of Chernobyl : double exposure. International Labor and Working-Class History, 84 (Fall). pp. 116-139. doi:10.1017/S0147547913000379 ISSN 0147-5479.

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Abstract

This article investigates the memories and lived experiences of those who dwell in the deindustrial landscape of Chernobyl in north Ukraine. Taking a visual approach to an invisible issue, the article explores the use of photography as a research tool to examine the ‘hidden spaces of everyday life’ in the shadow of Chernobyl.The article finds that many people have suffered a ‘double exposure’: once from radiation and then again from the failures of the Ukrainian state. While these communities are exposed as “bare life” to the risk of nuclear pollution, they also contest official conceptions of radiation through local knowledge, shared memory, and informal activity. The article interrogates the complex ways people perceive, negotiate, and come to terms with the ever-present but unseen menace of radiation. Through these memories, images, and lived experiences of the marginalized, we can begin to make the invisible threat of radiation appear more tangible. Finally, the article provides a short discussion about the use of participant photography in researching the invisible.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title: International Labor and Working-Class History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0147-5479
Official Date: 2013
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2013Published
Volume: 84
Number: Fall
Page Range: pp. 116-139
DOI: 10.1017/S0147547913000379
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 31 December 2015
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number: CEELBAS
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