Maxime Polleri

Why the Doomsday Clock has outlived its usefulness Complacency about the serious challenges the world is facing is not an option. But the idea that we are almost at the point of no return via the Doomsday Clock isn’t helpful.

Martin Hébert and I argue that narratives of imminent catastrophe can become counter-productive, as constant apocalyptic scenarios may dull perceptions of risk or be exploited to justify politics driven by urgency and fear.
#Iran #nuclear #atomic #disaster
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This month I featured @donnalferguson.bsky.social, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, @charlotte-leib.bsky.social, @herberthistory.bsky.social, @cymene.bsky.social, @dominicboyer.bsky.social, @maximepolleri.bsky.social, and more!

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I'll be speaking at Concordia University in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology next week about my new book "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan"
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#disaster #anthropology

Book Talk: Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan

For those of you in Toronto, please join us next week for a book talk by @maximepolleri.bsky.social on "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan." Look forward to seeing you there!

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Cultures of Energy: 246 - Radioactive Governance (feat. Maxime Polleri) Happy 2026! It’s been quite a year so far and your co-hosts talk about their recent trip to Nicaragua and Shadow’s reinvention as a fly assassin. Then (17:18) we welcome to the conversation to talk a...

Thank you to @dominicboyer.bsky.social and @cymene.bsky.social for inviting me to their podcast "Culture of Energy." Check it out!
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#energy #anthropology #nuclear #disaster #Japan #Anthropocene

I'll be giving a series of conferences on my book "Radioactive Governance" at these locations.
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#nuclear #disaster #anthropology #atomic #Japan #STS

Dive into disaster, recovery, and state power in this new release: “Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" by Maxime Polleri, which examines how Japan reshaped the narrative of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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The physical copies of my book "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" @nyupress.bsky.social have arrived! It will be officially out on January 6.
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#nuclear #disaster #Japan #Fukushima #atomic #radiation #catastrophe #anthropology #STS

My book has arrived #Japan #Anthropology #Shugendo #Buddhism #Shinto

Nuclear Tests and Their Legacy of Harms in Asia-Pacific Nuclear “tests” are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.

As nuclear tensions rise again, history offers a warning: every “test” left real victims and poisoned lands. CISAC Affiliate, @maximepolleri.bsky.social revisits the lasting consequences of nuclear weapons testing in his latest for @thediplomat.com
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Radioactive Governance Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Discover Polleri's forthcoming book, "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" (January 2026).

This rich ethnographic study reveals how Japan transformed the disaster into a narrative of hope and resilience.

Pre-order your copy here: buff.ly/XjknX9e

Nuclear Tests and Their Legacy of Harms in Asia-Pacific Nuclear “tests” are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.

Nuclear "tests" weren't just experiments. They were environmental disasters with devastating consequences still felt today.

In @thediplomat.com, Maxime Polleri examines how the US, France, China, and USSR exported nuclear testing to vulnerable populations.

Read the piece: buff.ly/Fsiq3Xm

Nuclear Tests and Their Legacy of Harms in Asia-Pacific Nuclear “tests” are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.

Nuclear “tests” are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.
thediplomat.com/2025/11/nucl...
#nuclear #atomic #test #security #radiation #radioactivity #disaster #catastrophe #thermonuclear #weapon

Je donnerai une conférence ce samedi intitulée "Catastrophes: une perspective anthropologique" pour L'Association des anthropologues du Québec (AANTHQ). DATE: Samedi 1er novembre 2025, dès 10h
OÙ : Université Laval, Québec Pavillon Charles-De Koninck Salle DKN-3470
#désastre #catastrophe

You can save 30% on my upcoming book with the following code: NYUAU30
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#disaster #catastrophe #nuclear #Japan #governance #atomic #Fukushima #risk #recovery #resilience #STS #anthropology

Radioactive Governance Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe 2011 Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Ja...

Thanks to Robert (Bo) Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social for the praises on my forthcoming book. I also highly recommend his book "Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha", which will make you rethink the whole concept of nuclear security.

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Tonight! RSVP to join the livestream at 6:30 pm ET!

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Join the Risk & Disaster TIG at #SfAA2026 in #Albuquerque! Learn more about submitting a Risk & Disaster TIG panel or paper at https://bit.ly/SfAA2026. Learn more about the conference in general at appliedanthro.org/an... #RDTIG2026 #AppliedAnthropology #Anthropology

Mal-Nutrition by Emily Yates-Doerr - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

As of today, my new book is available in the open access Luminos series of @ucpress.bsky.social. (This means you & your students can download it for free).

Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm.

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In our new issue, @maximepolleri.bsky.social‬ explains the contentious politics of Japan's ongoing recovery from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Come see our panel for the last day of 4S
"Critical Nuclear Studies in STS: Recent Insights and Challenges" 1:30 to 3:20 PM
Summit (Convention Center)
327-329

@4sweb.bsky.social @4sonline.bsky.social

I’ve got a new piece in Current History that analyzes the aftermath of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. It’s an easy read if you want to understand the post-recovery politics of this disaster without the usual academic jargon.

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#Japan #nuclear #disaster #recovery

Volume 124 Issue 863 | Current History | University of California Press

Our annual China and East Asia issue is out! With Meg Rithmire on China’s unbalanced economy, ‪@pammcelwee.bsky.social‬ on Vietnam War ecocide, @maximepolleri.bsky.social‬ on Fukushima nuclear recovery, Dominik M. Müller (@fau.de‬) on generational change in Brunei…
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🛠️ [Volume 2] What is ‘(un)Making’ STS Ethnographies? – Part 2

👤Edited by Tania Pérez-Bustos, Santiago Martinez Medina & Fredy Mora-Gámez

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#Tapuya2 #OpenAccess #STS

New issue alert! The September issue of American Anthropologist is out now. It features two special sections, a year-in-review article, a multimodal collection on vanishing fieldsites, and more! #Anthropology

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Last 3 days to submit abstract proposals to the AES online special collection on ‘Promised Futures’!

Radioactive Governance Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe 2011 Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Ja...

I'm happy to say that my book called "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" will be out with New York University Press in January 2026.

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#nuclear #atomic #Japan #Fukushima #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #disaster #Chernobyl #governance