Hopes for the Radiated Body
Uranium Miners and Transnational Technopolitics in Namibia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8976647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Hecht (0000-0003-1445-0785, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-234 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853710000198 |
| OpenAlex | W2120101666 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article explores the transnational politics of technology and science at the Rössing uranium mine in Namibia. During the 1980s, Rössing workers refashioned surveillance technologies into methods for trade union action. When national independence in 1990 failed to produce radical ruptures in the workplace, union leaders engaged in technopolitical strategies of extraversion, and became knowledge producers about their own exposure to workplace contaminants. Appeals to outside scientific authority carried the political promise of international accountability. But engaging in science meant accepting its boundaries, and workers ultimately discovered that technopolitical power could be limiting as well as liberating
Accountability · Independence (probability theory · Limiting · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Engineering · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |