ANTH 280 H10 29761

Humanities, SocBehavSci, GSS, VSR

Ethnographic study of the Cold War, nuclear culture, and its aftermath. FS: 04/15/2020. CL: 2020.

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***CAS Majors - Can count for Anthropology Major***This course will introduce students to the socio-cultural legacies of the Cold War (1946-1989). In particular, we are going to look at the nuclear arms race and how it lives on in the institutions, political and economic practices, cultural narratives, and everyday lives. The overall objective here is to help students develop a deeper understanding of how nuclear testing, as well as nuclear accidents in Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Hopkins South Carolina remade communities, public cultures, and the consciousness of individuals most affected by the nuclear arms race. What are the lasting political, social, cultural, and scientific legacies of the development and testing of the atomic bomb? How have people dealt with the consequences of nuclear fallout and damaged environments? How do the different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining to nuclear waste storage, impact the environment and its people today? This course is relevant to those interested in issues of power and resistance; health and illness; risk perceptions; damaged environments; human rights.