Instruments of scientific governance? Historical geographies of Halley Bay, 1956-present
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Scott Polar Research Institute
Abstract
Using newly catalogued archival material on the British Antarctic research station Halley Bay dating from the 1950s I
wish to explore the institutional, political and technical dimensions of Cold War British field science with a focus on
practices related to geomagnetic mapping. I wish to relate my findings to historiographical and theoretical debates
emerging from the environmental humanities about the relative primacy of human social and natural material forces in
discussing environmental issues.
wish to explore the institutional, political and technical dimensions of Cold War British field science with a focus on
practices related to geomagnetic mapping. I wish to relate my findings to historiographical and theoretical debates
emerging from the environmental humanities about the relative primacy of human social and natural material forces in
discussing environmental issues.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Richard Powell (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Rosalind Rei (Student) |