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Maxime Polleri

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Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Université Laval. Author of “Radioactive Governance” (NYU, 2026). Japan, nuclear, disaster, waste. Personal website: www.maximepolleri.com

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Maxime Polleri @maximepolleri.bsky.social · Aug 18

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

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...

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Maxime Polleri @maximepolleri.bsky.social · 13d

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.

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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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...

nyupress.org

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 15d

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

Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 20d

Sept 23: Don't miss the next event in our series w NYPL! D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social will talk to Jasmine McNealy & Sanjana Paul about the environmental toll of AI and what we can do about it. In-person spots are going fast, so reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...

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Risk & Disaster TIG @riskdisastertig.bsky.social · 26d

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

Black text on a yellow background that reads "Risk & Disaster TIG Call for Panels & Papers
for the 86th SfAA Annual Meeting 17th - 21st March 2026 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Risk & Disaster Call: https://bit.ly/SfAA2026; SfAA Annual Meeting: https://appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting."

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Emily Yates-Doerr @eyatesd.bsky.social · Nov 13

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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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.

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Current History @currenthistory1.bsky.social · 26d

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

Fukushima and the Politics of Nuclear Disaster Recovery

The 2011 meltdown at Fukushima, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami, was the worst nuclear power plant disaster in Japan’s history, bringing back painful memories of trauma associated with the atom...

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Maxime Polleri @maximepolleri.bsky.social · Sep 6

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

Maxime Polleri @maximepolleri.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

Fukushima and the Politics of Nuclear Disaster Recovery

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Current History @currenthistory1.bsky.social · Aug 29

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 124 Issue 863 | Current History | University of California Press

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Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society @tapuya.org · Aug 29

🛠️ [Volume 2] What is ‘(un)Making’ STS Ethnographies? – Part 2

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

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ttap20/2/1?nav=tocList
#Tapuya2 #OpenAccess #STS

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American Anthropologist @amanthro.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481433...

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American Ethnological Society // American Ethnologist (journal) @amethno.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

American Ethnological Society // American Ethnologist (journal) @amethno.bsky.social · Jul 19

📢📢📢 AES Online - Call for Proposals! 📢📢📢
Promised Futures
Abstract Submissions due Aug 31, 2025

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AES Online Call for Proposals: Promised Futures - American Ethnological Society

American Ethnological Society

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Maxime Polleri @maximepolleri.bsky.social · Aug 18

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...

nyupress.org

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