Hvis krigen kommer : Forestillinger om fremtiden under den kolde krig
(2020) In Kulturstudier 11(1). p.33-61- Abstract
- This article examines the production of futures in the pamphlet Hvis krigen kommer (If War Comes), published by the Prime Minister’s Office and di-stributed to every Danish household in January 1962. In the preceding decades, nuclear science and technology had become central in the imagination of both peaceful and conflict-ridden futures. How to survive a nuclear war – and whether this was even possible – grew into a salient issue in Danish politics and public debate. Following years of political pressure from several directions, the pamph-let provided details about protection in a future war, the preparations made by the government and the options and responsibilities of citizens. Applying the concept of... (More)
- This article examines the production of futures in the pamphlet Hvis krigen kommer (If War Comes), published by the Prime Minister’s Office and di-stributed to every Danish household in January 1962. In the preceding decades, nuclear science and technology had become central in the imagination of both peaceful and conflict-ridden futures. How to survive a nuclear war – and whether this was even possible – grew into a salient issue in Danish politics and public debate. Following years of political pressure from several directions, the pamph-let provided details about protection in a future war, the preparations made by the government and the options and responsibilities of citizens. Applying the concept of socio-technical imaginaries to the study of civil defence history, we perform a close reading of the leaflet that focuses on its contents and rhetoric as well as the interplay between them. In the socio-technical imaginary presented in the pamphlet, we identify three distinct futures: nuclear war, peace marked by an awareness of the danger of nuclear war and, finally, a future beyond nuclear war. (Less)
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Artiklen undersøger produktionen af fremtid(er) i Hvis krigen kommer, udgivet af Statsministeriet og husstandsomdelt i januar 1962. Vores nærlæsning af pjecen tager udgangspunkt i begrebet „socio-tekniske forestillinger“, der søger at forene et blik for teknologiers betydning i moderne samfund med en forståelse af deres indlejring i sociale normer, institutioner og praksisser, samt i omfattende studier af det danske civilforsvars historie. Analysen fokuserer på indholdet og formsproget i pjecen såvel som samspillet imellem disse. Vi identificerer tre fremtider, som i varierende grad blev udfoldet i pjecen: atomkrigens fremtid, en fred præget af bevidstheden om atomkrigens mulige komme samt tiden efter atomkrigen
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- Bjørnsson, Iben ; Farbøl, Rosanna LU and Sylvest, Casper
- alternative title
- If the war comes : Imagining the future during the Cold War
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- dansk civilforsvar, socio-tekniske forestillinger, kernevåben, fremtidsforestillinger, folkeoplysning, atomkrig
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- Kulturstudier
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 29 pages
- publisher
- Dansk Historisk Fællesråd
- ISSN
- 1904-5352
- DOI
- 10.7146/ks.v11i1.120780
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- Danish
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- 2c750ecc-1bc3-45d5-ae2c-5f60ba7777fd
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title = {{Hvis krigen kommer : Forestillinger om fremtiden under den kolde krig}},
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