ANT 446 - Nuclear Things and Toxic Colonization at Princeton University | Coursicle Princeton
ANT 446 at Princeton University (Princeton) in Princeton, New Jersey. How do global engagements with nuclear things affect latent colonization in contemporary and future ecologies and generations? How are toxic effects of nuclear things (re)presented through scientific, technological, political or cultural intervention? We explore material, technoscientific, and cultural transmutations of nuclear things (radioisotopes, bombs, medical devices, energy, waste) and the work of (re)making those transmutations (in)visible. The course draws from a variety of theoretical frameworks / case studies in science and technology studies, the social sciences, art and environmental humanities to think with nuclear things. The course will utilize Anthropology department's VizE lab for the group project. Students are required to visit the lab outside regular class time. Also, the course will utilize Princeton's Nuclear Futures Lab and get hands-on experience with the science of dosimetry. For History of Science concentrators, please check with your department regarding cognate approval. For Anthropology concentrators, may be used towards satisfying a course requirement in any track. Expect to read 80 - 150 pp. per week. Participation (9% attendance, 9% class participation); Reading Response & Leading Session(s) (12%); Project Presentation (35%); Final Paper (35%) due Dean's Date.
ANT 446 at Princeton University (Princeton) in Princeton, New Jersey. How do global engagements with nuclear things affect latent colonization in contemporary and future ecologies and generations? How are toxic effects of nuclear things (re)presented through scientific, technological, political or cultural intervention? We explore material, technoscientific, and cultural transmutations of nuclear things (radioisotopes, bombs, medical devices, energy, waste) and the work of (re)making those transmutations (in)visible. The course draws from a variety of theoretical frameworks / case studies in science and technology studies, the social sciences, art and environmental humanities to think with nuclear things. The course will utilize Anthropology department's VizE lab for the group project. Students are required to visit the lab outside regular class time. Also, the course will utilize Princeton's Nuclear Futures Lab and get hands-on experience with the science of dosimetry. For History of Science concentrators, please check with your department regarding cognate approval. For Anthropology concentrators, may be used towards satisfying a course requirement in any track. Expect to read 80 - 150 pp. per week. Participation (9% attendance, 9% class participation); Reading Response & Leading Session(s) (12%); Project Presentation (35%); Final Paper (35%) due Dean's Date.