Outside the Atom: Public Understanding of Nuclear Science and Armament in India
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sussex
Department Name: Sch of Global Studies
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Hutnyk, John
(2013)
Raminder Kaur's "Atomic Mumbai: Living with the Radiance of a Thousand Suns".
in New Cross Review of Books
Kaur
(2018)
Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India
Kaur R
(2017)
Mediating Rape: The Nirbhaya Effect in the Creative and Digital Arts
in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Kaur R
(2011)
Atomic comics: Parabolic mimesis and the graphic fictions of science
in International Journal of Cultural Studies
Kaur R
(2015)
Gendering Graphics in Indian Superhero Comic Books and Some Notes for Provincializing Cultural Studies
in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Kaur R
(2013)
The Many Lives of Nuclear Monuments in India
in South Asian Studies
Kaur R
(2013)
Sovereignty without Hegemony, the Nuclear State, and a 'Secret Public Hearing' in India
in Theory, Culture & Society
Kaur R
(2021)
Stealth-Spectacles: The Discursive Waves of the Nuclear Asian Seascape
in Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Kaur R
(2018)
Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India
Kaur R
(2012)
The transnational potentiality of transverse politics
in Identities
| Title | Atomic Bombay poster |
| Description | Poster highlighting research and outputs as part of Sussex showcase - both as artefact and for website |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Impact | Greater visibility of the research and have been asked to talk on the issues for several talks including one for International Women's Day |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/global/showcase/researchprojects/atomic_bombay |
| Title | Collaborations with artists to develop research narratives into creative outlets |
| Description | I will develop a script based on my ethnographic research in India alongside further new research for further creative and public engagement of nuclear narratives |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | In process |
| Title | Short film on Nuclear India produced for Sussex Anthropology 50 years celebration |
| Description | Found along with my own audio-visual footage of research in south India developed into short film by producers, Will Hood and Nat Jeffers |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | It is to be placed on Sussex website as it was completed just now - November 2014 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/anthropology/ |
| Description | •The project enabled the recording of idiosyncratic and lesser known accounts about atomic science which had been erased from India's national history in its bid to control atomic science to develop the post-independent nation. •The atom bomb and the atomic metaphor have been simultaneously fetishised as a source of incredible power, and normalised through repeated use in the culture industries. •By analysing the local impact of international treaties such as the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement (2008) and national decisions on nuclear development, the study provided a unique, 'ground-up' perspective on nuclear issues, from culturally-embedded perspectives |
| Exploitation Route | to provide further insights into 'nuclear popular cultures' in south Asia including Pakistan and surrounding plans for a nuclear plant in Bangladesh how scholarly work can be used to creatively engage wider publics to take interest in the nuclear issue a focus on anti-nuclear movements which will be covered in forthcoming book exploring user-friendly and people orientated energy networks 'sustainable cultures' that do not depend upon large development projects |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Energy,Environment,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy,Other |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/global/showcase/researchprojects/atomic_bombay |
| Description | Collaborate with MP Caroline Lucas and others to highlight the south Indian case of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant. Led to parliamentary committee meeting on the issue. |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | The raising of awareness of issues that surrounded the development of the Indo-Russian nuclear power plant in Koodankulam revived media interest in India again. At one point in 2012 there were 8 pages of google entries of media interest in the story. I do not have any quantitative date on impact and have referenced a url site to the parliamentary committee meeting and Caroline Lucas's statement of support http://www.countercurrents.org/lucas091112.htm |
| URL | http://www.countercurrents.org/kaur230213.htm |
| Description | Collaborations with Indian scientists and doctors to write reports on the Koodankulam nuclear power plant outages and accident |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Articles and reports that I co-wrote with Indian scientists and doctors from CUSAT, along with one in Bremen University, and based on official documents from India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and their Russian counterparts were was referenced in Times of India report and led to taking seriously the discrepancies that lie between official reportage and the available evidence on power outages, an accident at the plant, and reactor details about a weld. |
| URL | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Power-outages-at-Kudankulam-nuclear-plant-dangerous-Study/a... |
| Description | Invited to write Bulletin of Atomic Scientists article on nuclear India |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | I have several emails from those outside of Europe and India thanking me for highlighting the main points. The article in this highly important outlet for nuclear issues has been cited in several places - academic and non-academic including wikipedia. |
| URL | http://thebulletin.org/nuclear-power-vs-people-power |
| Description | Senator Ludlam raised the Koodankulam nuclear power plant issue in the Australian Senate |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Although an ongoing debate, the case of the nuclear power plant development in Koodankulam that I began research on in 2006 alongside fieldwork in Mumbai has certainly become widely known. |
| URL | http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/motions/motion-anti-nuclear-protests-india-koodankulam |
| Description | request for wider access of 'A 'nuclear renaissance', climate change and the state of exception' journal article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was later asked to collaborate with Indian scientists and doctors seeking further information on India's civilian nuclear developments I co-wrote 2 papers with them which were picked up by local and national media - details below |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.dianuke.org/a-%E2%80%98nuclear-renaissance%E2%80%99-climate-change-and-the-state-of-excep... |