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The archaeology and significance of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ROBERT MAXWELL (University of Sydney) The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is an area of some 30-square kilometres surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. This area includes... more
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      ArchaeologyMental HealthDisaster StudiesPosttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This chapter considers sites like Pripyat, in Chernobyl, as zones of alternative practice, especially in terms of urban exploration. At the same time, it offers a critique of such activities as a form of adventure tourism, contrasting the... more
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      Walter BenjaminLiminalityChernobylUrban Ruins
In uno dei momenti più bui della storia dell'Ucraina e dell'Europa ho reso qui disponibile nella sua interezza il mio libro POLVERE, che in occasione dei 30 anni dall'incidente nucleare di Chernobyl approfondisce, partendo proprio... more
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      European HistoryNuclear WeaponsRussian HistoryChernobyl
A biography of an object in the forest.
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      ArchaeologyMaterial Culture StudiesContemporary ArchaeologyChernobyl
A l’apparition du goût pour la ruine, c’est l’objet antique qui frappe l’imagination. Les tambours de colonnes effondrées ramènent le spectateur plusieurs siècles en arrière. La beauté frissonnante des cadavres de pierre évoque un âge... more
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      RomanticismArchitectureUrban RuinsArchéologie
This chapter considers sites like Pripyat, in Chernobyl, as zones of alternative practice, especially in terms of urban exploration. At the same time, it offers a critique of such activities as a form of adventure tourism, contrasting the... more
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      Walter BenjaminLiminalityChernobylUrban Ruins
Photo essay at Bored Panda
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      ArchaeologyPhotographyContemporary ArchaeologyChernobyl
Huffington Post interview regarding the archaeology of Chernobyl
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      ArchaeologyContemporary ArchaeologyChernobyl20th Century