Silvia Berger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4675614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silvia Berger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Berger |
| SIGNATURE | BERGER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Historical Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2970-3036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Life after the Bomb
At the beginning of the 1980s, global aftermath studies prompted new perceptions of a nuclear war’s long-term effects on Planet Earth. Focusing on the Swiss ‘Weiterleben’ (‘to live on’) study, which translated these findings into a local context, the paper sheds light on the intertwined history of global politics, science, national security debates, and nuclear fear. It reveals important socio-political and epistemic shifts in the 1980s. Even in …
Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe
Reviewed by: Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe: U.S. Technological Collaboration and Nonproliferation by John Krige Silvia Berger Ziauddin (bio) Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe: U.S. Technological Collaboration and Nonproliferation. By John Krige. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016. Pp. 240. $33. John Krige is a prolific scholar on the role of space and nuclear science and technology in U.S.-European relations during the Cold War. His body of work …
Carlo Caduff Warten auf die Pandemie. Ethnographie einer Katastrophe, die nie stattfand
(De)territorializing the home. The nuclear bomb shelter as a malleable site of passage
This paper explores the worldwide unprecedented bunker infrastructure of Switzerland. Since the 1960s, the country has built hundreds of thousands of nuclear bomb shelters in family homes. Drawing on poststructural theories of social practice and ritual theory, the all-pervasive structures in the private sphere are analyzed as transitory spaces that coordinate the movement and connections between different milieus, regimes, and bodies. By studyin…
Superpower Underground
In the 1960s Switzerland started to build the world's largest system of civil defense shelters. Ever since, the tiny country has represented the gold standard for bunker design and technology, attracting worldwide interest amongst scientists, political elites, and private consumers. This essay examines the development, forms, and global reach of Swiss bunker expertise. It emphasizes the knowledge transfer and the networks of cooperation with West…
Helga Satzinger, Differenz und Vererbung. Geschlechterordnungen in der Genetik und Hormonforschung 1890–1950
Superpower Underground
In the 1960s Switzerland started to build the world's largest system of civil defense shelters. Ever since, the tiny country has represented the gold standard for bunker design and technology, attracting worldwide interest amongst scientists, political elites, and private consumers. This essay examines the development, forms, and global reach of Swiss bunker expertise. It emphasizes the knowledge transfer and the networks of cooperation with West…
Life after the Bomb
At the beginning of the 1980s, global aftermath studies prompted new perceptions of a nuclear war’s long-term effects on Planet Earth. Focusing on the Swiss ‘Weiterleben’ (‘to live on’) study, which translated these findings into a local context, the paper sheds light on the intertwined history of global politics, science, national security debates, and nuclear fear. It reveals important socio-political and epistemic shifts in the 1980s. Even in …
Helga Satzinger, Differenz und Vererbung. Geschlechterordnungen in der Genetik und Hormonforschung 1890–1950
(De)territorializing the home. The nuclear bomb shelter as a malleable site of passage
This paper explores the worldwide unprecedented bunker infrastructure of Switzerland. Since the 1960s, the country has built hundreds of thousands of nuclear bomb shelters in family homes. Drawing on poststructural theories of social practice and ritual theory, the all-pervasive structures in the private sphere are analyzed as transitory spaces that coordinate the movement and connections between different milieus, regimes, and bodies. By studyin…
Superpower Underground
In the 1960s Switzerland started to build the world's largest system of civil defense shelters. Ever since, the tiny country has represented the gold standard for bunker design and technology, attracting worldwide interest amongst scientists, political elites, and private consumers. This essay examines the development, forms, and global reach of Swiss bunker expertise. It emphasizes the knowledge transfer and the networks of cooperation with West…
Life after the Bomb
At the beginning of the 1980s, global aftermath studies prompted new perceptions of a nuclear war’s long-term effects on Planet Earth. Focusing on the Swiss ‘Weiterleben’ (‘to live on’) study, which translated these findings into a local context, the paper sheds light on the intertwined history of global politics, science, national security debates, and nuclear fear. It reveals important socio-political and epistemic shifts in the 1980s. Even in …
Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe
Reviewed by: Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe: U.S. Technological Collaboration and Nonproliferation by John Krige Silvia Berger Ziauddin (bio) Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe: U.S. Technological Collaboration and Nonproliferation. By John Krige. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016. Pp. 240. $33. John Krige is a prolific scholar on the role of space and nuclear science and technology in U.S.-European relations during the Cold War. His body of work …
Carlo Caduff Warten auf die Pandemie. Ethnographie einer Katastrophe, die nie stattfand
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (3 works) · Bunker (2 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · International Science and Diplomacy (2 works) · Nuclear weapon (2 works)