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Posts by Peder Anker

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Frack Off!: A Puppet Play|Paperback Frack Off! unfolds amid one of the most volatile moments in recent American politics, the 2016 Trump campaign, when disbelief, exhilaration, outrage, and amusement collided. As the MAGA movement surge...

Holiday Special! I’m out with puppet play about Donald Trump, environmentalism, and racism in Oklahoma.

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Proud to be in this volume

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Donald Trump, Forskning | Norsk professor Peder Anker i New York: – Dommedag er jo litt her allerede - Norge SENTRALEN, OSLO (Nettavisen): Akademikernes høstkonferanse 2025 avholdes på Sentralen i Oslo tirsdag formiddag. Årets konferanse blir kalt

Donald Trump, Forskning | Norsk professor Peder Anker i New York: – Dommedag er jo litt her allerede

https://www.europesays.com/no/66510/

SENTRALEN, OSLO (Nettavisen): Akademikernes høstkonferanse 2025 avholdes på Sentralen i Oslo tirsdag formiddag. Årets konferanse blir kalt …

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AHO i verden – forelesning av Peder Anker – Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (AHO) Hvordan kan kommende arkitekter ved AHO omfavne hele verden når de tegner? Bør de tenke på hele verden i sitt design?

Foreleser om international arkitektur i Oslo mandag. www.aho.no/aho-80-arsju...

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I’m part of the team at @terreform.bsky.social finding ways to repurposing the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge in New York City. Join us at www.bargebooster.org

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Understanding the narrative 80 Years Later: African Americans and the A-bomb Science historian Peder Anker’s book brings to light the stories of African Americans and others affected by the atomic bomb.

I’m in @nyamnews.bsky.social being interviewed about African Americans and the atomic bomb. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07...

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General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil, writes @pederanker.bsky.social.

"General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer." ⬇️

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General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

In a second essay, @pederanker.bsky.social argues that Oppenheimer was being used by US officials as part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

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#Oppenheimer #Groves #80thAnniversary #nukesky

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Our Coding Plants project may save the world, according to BBC. Currently on display at the Architecture Biennale in Venice.

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2025 Environmental Humanities Finalists:

The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life by Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (University of California Press, 2023) 

Decolonial Ecologies: The Reinvention of Natural History in Latin American Art by Joanna Page (Open Book Publishers, 2023) 

Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh by Camelia Dewan (University of Washington Press, 2022) 

The Power of the Periphery: How Norway Became an Environmental Pioneer for the World by Peder Anker (Cambridge University Press, 2020) 

Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire by Mauro José Caraccioli (University Press of Florida, 2021)

2025 Environmental Humanities Finalists: The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life by Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (University of California Press, 2023) Decolonial Ecologies: The Reinvention of Natural History in Latin American Art by Joanna Page (Open Book Publishers, 2023) Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh by Camelia Dewan (University of Washington Press, 2022) The Power of the Periphery: How Norway Became an Environmental Pioneer for the World by Peder Anker (Cambridge University Press, 2020) Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire by Mauro José Caraccioli (University Press of Florida, 2021)

The environmental humanities finalists include books by @benspky.bsky.social, Joanna Page, @cameliadewan.bsky.social, @pederanker.bsky.social, & Mauro José Caraccioli

@ucpress.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @uwapress.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social @floridapress.bsky.social

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If civilization collapses, how do we preserve our heritage? The ocean has the answer. “Coding Plants” is a #BlueHumanities art-science project that turns Kelp DNA into a living archive of human knowledge. @stevementz.bsky.social
@pederanker.bsky.social
www.terreform.org/venice #publichuamnities

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I’m at the Architecture Biennale in Venice with the Terreform ONE team. Opening today.

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Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative Up in Smoke In his new book, Peder Anker offers alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb

Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative Up in Smoke. In his new book, Peder Anker offers alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb
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Anker and Joachim Set To Participate in Biennale Architettura 2025 > News > NYU Gallatin NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study

I'm in the local NYU news:
"The Biennale Architettura is often heralded as the most prestigious event in architecture and design, bringing together the brightest minds to present groundbreaking ideas."

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Learn about the trail of nuclear suffering. Miranda Melcher is interviewing me about my new book #nuclearbombs @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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The Trail of Nuclear Suffering Peder Anker set out to write a history of the nuclear bomb that doesn't repeat a heroic narrative of brilliant physicists.

#3: "The Trail of Nuclear Suffering" by Peder Anker

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Fresh from the press! Starting with the gruesome mining of uranium by First Nation people in northern Canada, and continuing with the racialist culture of uranium enrichment in the Atomic City of Oak Ridge, this book offers a novel history of the bomb.

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Op-ed on #oppenheimer

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