LEADER 05619nam 2200865 450 001 9910465511003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-32541-1 024 8 $aebr10900868 035 $a(CKB)3710000000213510 035 $a(EBL)3339837 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001287487 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11877787 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001287487 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11290900 035 $a(PQKB)11130742 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000985866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339837 035 $a(OCoLC)885208716 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41592 035 $a(OCoLC)885208716$z(OCoLC)889264519$z(OCoLC)961516403$z(OCoLC)1055401168$z(OCoLC)1066620186$z(OCoLC)1081214357 035 $a(OCoLC-P)885208716 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339837 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10900868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL633771 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000213510 100 $a20140813h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of invisibility $epublic knowledge about radiation health effects after Chernobyl /$fOlga Kuchinskaya 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cMassachusetts Institute of Technology,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 225 1 $aInfrastructures Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-02769-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Articulating the signs of danger -- The work of living with it -- Waves of Chernobyl invisibility -- Twice invisible -- No clear evidence -- Setting the limits of knowledge -- Conclusion -- Appendix : data and methodology. 330 $aBefore Fukushima, the most notorious large-scale nuclear accident the world had seen was Chernobyl in 1986. The fallout from Chernobyl covered vast areas in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in Europe. Belarus, at the time a Soviet republic, suffered heavily: nearly a quarter of its territory was covered with long-lasting radionuclides. Yet the damage from the massive fallout was largely imperceptible; contaminated communities looked exactly like noncontaminated ones. It could be known only through constructed representations of it. In The Politics of Invisibility, Olga Kuchinskaya explores how we know what we know about Chernobyl, describing how the consequences of a nuclear accident were made invisible. Her analysis sheds valuable light on how we deal with other modern hazards -- toxins or global warming -- that are largely imperceptible to the human senses. Kuchinskaya describes the production of invisibility of Chernobyl's consequences in Belarus -- practices that limit public attention to radiation and make its health effects impossible to observe. Just as mitigating radiological contamination requires infrastructural solutions, she argues, the production and propagation of invisibility also involves infrastructural efforts, from redefining the scope and nature of the accident's consequences to reshaping research and protection practices. Kuchinskaya finds vast fluctuations in recognition, tracing varyingly successful efforts to conceal or reveal Chernobyl's consequences at different levels -- among affected populations, scientists, government, media, and international organizations. The production of invisibility, she argues, is a function of power relations. - Publisher. 330 8 $aOlga Kuchinskaya explores how we know what we know about Chernobyl, describing how the consequences of a nuclear accident were made invisible. The analysis sheds valuable light on how we deal with other modern hazards - toxins or global warming - that are largely imperceptible to the human senses. The book describes the production of invisibility of Chernobyl's consequences in Belarus - practices that limit public attention to radiation and make its health effects impossible to observe. The production of invisibility, the book argues, is a function of power relations. 410 0$aInfrastructures series. 606 $aChernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl?, Ukraine, 1986$xHealth aspects 606 $aChernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl?, Ukraine, 1986$xSocial aspects 606 $aCommunication in medicine$zBelarus 606 $aCommunication in medicine$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aHealth risk assessment$xGovernment policy$zBelarus 606 $aHealth risk assessment$xGovernment policy$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aRadiation victims$zBelarus$xAttitudes 606 $aRadiation victims$zEurope, Eastern$xAttitudes 606 $aHealth surveys$zBelarus 606 $aHealth surveys$zEurope, Eastern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl?, Ukraine, 1986$xHealth aspects. 615 0$aChernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl?, Ukraine, 1986$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aCommunication in medicine 615 0$aCommunication in medicine 615 0$aHealth risk assessment$xGovernment policy 615 0$aHealth risk assessment$xGovernment policy 615 0$aRadiation victims$xAttitudes. 615 0$aRadiation victims$xAttitudes. 615 0$aHealth surveys 615 0$aHealth surveys 676 $a363.17/99094777 700 $aKuchinskaya$b Olga$f1975-$01027237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465511003321 996 $aThe politics of invisibility$92442568 997 $aUNINA