About mining and nuclear chain
An online dialogue between artist Grit Ruhland and nuclear historian Bo Jacobs
Moderated by Katja Matthias
The moderated interview with nuclear historian Bo Jacobs “Out of the ground, into the ground: the challenge of nuclear legacy” and myself took place on 4.12.21. We spoke about key fundamental insights on how to deal with nuclear history were raised. The talk was recorded and can be found here:
The Teti-Group has published a nice little publication under the title “Mobile Soils” on artistic work and soil. My article “3,000 Years of Apocalypse. Ambivalent Relations Between Mining and Culture with Particular Regard to Uranium” is part of it.
The book can be ordered here:
https://www.tetigroup.org/teti-press-mobilesoils.html
A mammoth task is hereby completed and this artistic research work has found a form that can now prove itself. From here a number of paths lead further into new territory and I hope to have made my contribution to the mapping helpful for others as well. (…)
Sorry, this is in German, mostly. There are plans to review the thesis, edit and translate it … in midterm future.
https://e-pub.uni-weimar.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4495