Warren Harper

Decolonising the Nuclear: Public Lecture & Workshop, co-organised with Dr Ele Carpenter

Nuclear Culture Research Group & Critical Ecologies Research Stream & Mountain of Art Research (MARs)
Goldsmiths University of London, 2019.

The development of nuclear technology has always relied on colonial practices of resource extraction, atomic testing on Indigenous Lands, exporting nuclear installations, deployment of nuclear weapons and radioactive waste storage. Many communities are already living through the slow violence of atomic tests, radioactive accidents and contaminated landscapes. Nuclear technology is at the heart of the military industrial complex, often outside democratic decision-making processes, yet it is often neglected in contemporary discourses around decoloniality, climate crisis and the Anthropocene.

We were very honoured that Professor Gabrielle Hecht gave a keynote public lecture 'Inside-Out Earth: Residues of the Anthropocene in Africa' on the Goldsmiths main campus, PSH LG02 on Tuesday 22 October at 6pm til 8pm.

The Decolonising the Nuclear Public Lecture and Research Workshop is generously supported by the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership, Critical Ecologies Research Stream, and Mountain of Art Research (MARs) in partnership with Arts Catalyst, Art Action UK, MFA Curating and Goldsmiths University of London.

See HERE for more info