Gutenberg Open Science: Joining multiple collaborations : toward a sociomaterial perspective on nuclear waste management between society, technology and nature

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dc.contributor.author	Schürkmann, Christiane	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-30T10:23:53Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-11-30T10:23:53Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8402	-
dc.description.abstract	The article develops a sociomaterial perspective on nuclear waste management by illuminating the role of geological formations and therefore ‘nature’ with respect to site selection procedures. Besides technical barriers (containers) and geotechnical barriers (filling materials), geological formations should serve as ‘natural’ barriers in their function as host rocks in order to isolate radioactive waste for thousands of years. Referring to empirical insights into the German procedure of site selection and ethnographic research on practices in a nuclear chemical laboratory, the contribution illustrates how humans and materials are interwoven in an alliance of multiple sociomaterial collaborations united by the task to isolate a toxic object—here, high-level radioactive waste. In this way, the article sheds light on how nature is addressed not only as a resource for an anthropocentric project but also as an active collaborator in order to master such disposal processes in the long run. Such a sociomaterial perspective aims to enrich sociotechnical considerations by emphasizing the role of nature as an integral part of nuclear waste management and by studying its complexity.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	-
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	300 Sozialwissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	300 Social sciences	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	333.7 Natural resources	en_GB
dc.title	Joining multiple collaborations : toward a sociomaterial perspective on nuclear waste management between society, technology and nature	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8386	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Worldwide waste	de
jgu.journal.volume	5	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.alternative	3	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Ubiquity Press	de
jgu.publisher.place	London	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2399-7117	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	300	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	333.7	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.5334/wwwj.86	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	-
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