Embedding preparedness, assigning responsibility: the role of film in sociotechnical imaginaries of civil defence

Bennesved, PeterUmeå universitet,Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier (författare)

Embedding preparedness, assigning responsibility : the role of film in sociotechnical imaginaries of civil defence

First Online: 07 December 2021
This chapter examines the role of film and television in embedding sociotechnical imaginaries of civil defence during the early nuclear age (c. 1949-1965) by zooming in on Sweden and Denmark, two neighbouring countries that differed both in terms of their political position in the Cold War and in the scale of their civil defence efforts. Following a theoretical discussion of the psychosocial effects of films and their manner of circulation, we analyse Swedish and Danish films in two periods demarcated by the thermonuclear disruption of civil defence during the mid-1950s. The analysis highlights how films were used to frame technologies and script and perform social norms. We argue that films constitute an important source for understanding the difficulties of embedding sociotechnical imaginaries of civil defence.

Sylvest, CasperDepartment of History, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (författare)
Umeå universitetInstitutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Cold war civil defence in Western EuropeCham : Springer, s. 103-12897830308428199783030842802

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