How to Present Nuclear Power as A Scarf and A Wound on The Terrestrial Superorganism – The Analysis of Work by Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin, And Monika Niwelińska

Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Research in Humanities and Social Sciences

Year: 2023

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/7th.icrhs.2023.05.120

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How to Present Nuclear Power as A Scarf and A Wound on The Terrestrial Superorganism – The Analysis of Work by Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin, And Monika Niwelińska

Kinga Anna Gajda

 

 

 

ABSTRACT: 

The aim of this paper is to analyze the photographic way of telling about the nuclear danger to the biotic community understood as a metaphor that personifies the Planet, sees analogies between human and biotic communities, and proves that they are interdependent. The nuclear power (bombs, tests, or power plants) is shown by the photographers as the a scar and a wound inflicted by man on the terrestrial superorganism. The article aims to analyze with reference to the works of Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin and Monika Niwelińska. Photographers’ actions commemorate the ecological catastrophe. They remind about the still real, yet invisible, threat in these places, their emanation to other areas, and the destruction of the biotic community. Their voice can be seen as a voice in eco-criticism.

keywords: wound, photos, biotic community, nuclear danger