Journal | Lagoonscapes
Monographic journal issue | 3 | 2 | 2023
Research Article | Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: After Fifty Years of Lies and State Secrets

Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: After Fifty Years of Lies and State Secrets

How to Calm Our Anger and Rebuild Ourselves

Abstract

The essay discusses, from an Indigenous perspective, the French nuclear weapon tests in the southern Pacific islands. It presents a vivid scenario of the detrimental effects and social inequalities produced by the dynamic of ‘industrialization without industry’ brought about by militarisation and extraction.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Sept. 28, 2023 | Accepted: Nov. 22, 2023 | Published Dec. 20, 2023 | Language: en

Keywords Nuclear testingPacific islandsFrench PolynesiaMilitarisation


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