Marie Cronqvist
Docent
Introduction: New Paths in Civil Defence History
Författare
Redaktör
- Marie Cronqvist
- Casper Sylvest
- Rosanna Farbøl
Summary, in English
The introduction to the volume lays out the rationale and ambitions of the book, delineates its chronological and geographical focus and situates it in the existing historiography of civil defence. One central ambition is to advance civil defence history by attuning it more explicitly to the study of science and technology and to pave the way for transnational and comparative efforts. We do so in two steps. We introduce and explore the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries developed by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim, before applying and adjusting it to civil defence history. Finally, the introduction provides a brief overview of the chapters in the volume.
Avdelning/ar
- Mediehistoria
Publiceringsår
2021
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-23
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Cold War civil defence in Western Europe : Sociotechnical imaginaries of survival and preparedness
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Ämne
- History
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Conference name
New Directions in Civil Defence History
Conference date
2019-08-28 - 2019-08-29
Conference place
Copenhagen, Denmark
Status
Published
Projekt
- Media knowledge and Cold War preparedness: Mass communication theories and media practices in the service of the Swedish psychological defence, 1953–1985
- Transnational histories of civil defence
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-3-030-84280-2
- ISBN: 978-3-030-84281-9