CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Nishi, Masafumi |
|---|---|
| Title | Radioactive Fish: Acting in the Uncertain Nuclear World |
| Summary | This MA thesis examines how people in the Fukushima fishery act in the uncertainty of radioactive contamination ten after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster on March 11, 2011. The radioactive contamination of the ocean has caused tremendous impact on the Fukushima fishery. Uncertainties about invisible radiation exist in spatial and temporal ranges in many ways. The effect of low-dose exposure in long-term for both the environment and the human body are still uncertain. The issues of radiation and nuclear are complexly entangled with ecology, science, politics, economy, and culture. The complexity of radiation and nuclear opens room of discussion for many actors. This thesis employs the discussion of science and technology studies and anthropology of nuclear and radiation to examine the dynamics of the relationships between radiation and fish. Specifically, it implements a concept of hybrid forum to analyze the diverse actors’ discourses, practices, and agencies. The official discourse by the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company is based on the geontopower that operates throughout the distinction between Life and Nonlife in the biopolitical regime. On the contrary, the fishery incorporates with fish as an ecological entity and as a commodity so that it diversifies the actors and concerns in the technical discussion of the radiation measurement and the releasing plan of radioactively contaminated water into the ocean. |
| Supervisor | Fabiani, Jean-Louis; |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/nishi_masafumi.pdf |
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