Ethnography
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Repetition and Sustainability
Exploring entanglements and tensions that arise between ‘the repetitive’ and ‘the sustainable’ in nuclear discourse
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Ethnographer to research robotics in nuclear
The Beam are delighted to announce the arrival of research associate Başak Sarac̣-Lesavre!
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Talking waste disposal with David Lowry
Surrounded by overwhelmingly positive attitudes studying ‘the nuclear’ in West Cumbria, ethnographer Petra finds a counter-narrative.
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New fellowship unites AI and anthropology
Researching the social and organisational aspects of robotics and AI in the nuclear industry.
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The fieldwork of attending a conference
Presenting at a conference can be part of doing anthropological fieldwork, even when ‘the field’ seems far away.
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Ethnography and energy
Petra Tjitske Kalshoven has just begun fieldwork for an ethnographic project on nuclear decommissioning at Sellafield in West Cumbria.