Article ID: CBB218453698

Making Fun of the Atom: Humor and Pleasant Forms of Anti-Nuclear Resistance in the Iberian Peninsula, 1974–1984 (2019)

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In the mid-1970s, the fascist-leaning dictatorships in Spain (1939–1977) and Portugal (1933–1974) fell. Closely linked to the 1973 oil crisis, debates over energy and technology policies became very prominent during the ensuing political redefinition of both countries. Two decades after the first international agreements between the Iberian regimes and the United States for the development of nuclear programs, a myriad of movements of social resistance to nuclear technology emerged in dialogue with anti-nuclear organizations in other European countries. Fun and playfulness have been used for top–down popularization and banalization of nuclear technologies since the 1950s, but here pleasant forms of resistance also played a central role in contesting national energy plans, expert discourses, and vested interests. This article explores what we call “anti-nuclear fun,” the use of amusement, play, and humor as political and epistemic tools to familiarize society with the exceptional and daily risks of the “peaceful atom.”

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Authors & Contributors
Guerra Santos, Inés
Rodríguez Sánchez, Juan Antonio
Patrick Vitale
Leitão, Henrique
Pereira, Hugo Silveira
Sastre Juan, Jaume
Concepts
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Science and culture
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Science and society
Science and politics
Cold War
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
Early modern
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
Spain
Portugal
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Ukraine
Great Britain
Institutions
Instituto Nacional de Industria (Spain)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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