Nuclear Futures: In conversation
Channel: Sociology Lancaster
Date: 2022-05-13

This is a recording of an online event hosted by the Centre for Science Studies. It marked the culmination of the Nuclear Futures series, including an in-person workshop in 2021 and an exhibition held in Lancaster in April 2022. These events were organised by Louise Elstow and Jade Li.

Jade and Louise were joined by creative writer Dr Philippa Holloway, and by cultural anthropologist Dr Petra Tjitske Kalshoven. Together, they presented, discussed and reflected on the collective outputs of the Nuclear Futures activities and what opportunities this might offer for the humanities and social sciences. They also shared their collective map, poem and thoughts on the North West of England’s relationship with nuclear things. 

The Nuclear Futures project engaged with a range of stakeholders, including members of the public, artists, academics, policy makers and emergency planners, to think about the idea of nuclear things in the North West of England. A key aim was to get a better understanding of the ways people might imagine and articulate socio-techno-scientific nuclear futures and to explore different perhaps unconventional ways of expressing this.