Distant early warning systems : from the cold war to the cosmos / edited by Julie Decker.

Alaska : Anchorage Museum ; Munich : Hirmer, [2025]
©2025

271 pages : numerous illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska, April 4, 2025 - September 7, 2026.

"Today, the Arctic is seen as a place primed for data storage and vaults - doomsday structures with a utilitarian vernacular of architecture, protecting the "knowledge" of places further south rather than recognising the local presence and expertise of place and Indigenous lifeways and Indigenous science. This book looks at the role of artists as early warning systems and explores the ways we connect and disconnect place and people through technology and the ideas of boundaries. With the DEW Line as a framework, Julie Decker examines ideologies of warning. The DEW Line is a symbol of both past and future. Today, we think about planetary boundaries, the boundaries of survival and other human limits"--Publisher website.

9783777443195 hardbound
3777443190

Ballistic missile early warning system.
Atomic bomb in art.
Radar defense networks.
Système de détection lointaine des missiles balistiques.
Bombe atomique dans l'art.
Réseaux radars d'alerte.

Location: Library main 321903
Call No.: 321903
Copy: 1
Status: Available