(Re)Imagining the nuclear in Lithuania following the shutdown of the Ignalina nuclear power plant

ENThis article examines public representations of the nuclear in Lithuania following the shutdown of the Soviet-designed Ignalina nuclear power plant. The central focus of the article is the analysis of artistic practices that, since the early 2000s, interpret and transform the materiality of the plant from a nuclear object to a cultural phenomenon. The author argues that while the decommissioning process of the only Lithuanian nuclear power plant occupies a rather marginal place in the popular consciousness, art becomes an increasingly important medium for the construction of nuclear imaginaries attracting public attention and raising awareness of nuclear industry issues. [From the publication]

• Assembling the nuclear, decolonizing the heritage / Linara Dovydaitytė. Discovering the new place of learning / editor Natalija Mažeikienė. Berlin : Peter Lang, 2022. P. 243-278.
• Černobylio baimė, pigios energijos nauda ar kai kas daugiau? Dvidešimties metų visuomenės nuomonės apie Ignalinos AE sociologiniai tyrimai Lietuvoje / Vladas Gaidys, Leonardas Rinkevičius. Filosofija. Sociologija. 2008, t. 19, Nr. 4, p. 102-111.
• Lietuvos gamtovaizdžio fotografija antropoceno epochoje: ideologiniai ir estetiniai aspektai / Margarita Matulytė. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis 2024, t. 112, p. 154-184.
• Mapping Visaginas : sources of urbanity in a former mono-functional town / edited by Felix Ackermann, Benjamin Cope, Siarhei Liubimau. Vilnius : Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 2016. 141 p. +.
• Nuclear cultural heritage: from energy past to heritage future / Linda M. Ross. Heritage & Society. 2023, p. 1-20.
• Social memory, identity and narratives of decline in a Lithuanian nuclear plant community / Kristina Šliavaitė. Acta historica universitatis Klaipedensis. 2010, t. 20, p. 52-71.
• Sovietinės modernybės virsmas : nuo Černobylio bei Ignalinos iki Žaliųjų judėjimo ir Sąjūdžio / Rasa Baločkaitė, Leonardas Rinkevičius. Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas. 2008, Nr. 2 (22), p. 20-40.
• Switching political nuclear energy preferences, changing public attitude / Dainius Genys, Ričardas Krikštolaitis. Baltic journal of law & politics. 2017, Vol. 10, Nr. 2, p. 225-243.
• The Pedagogy of dissonant heritage: Soviet industry in museums and textbooks / Linara Dovydaitytė. Learning the nuclear: educational tourism in (post)industrial sites / Natalija Mažeikienė (editor). Bern: Peter Lang, 2021. P. 65-110.