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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-4-15-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-4-15-2026
Research article
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19 May 2026
Research article |  | 19 May 2026

Re-enacting memory: an exploration of ritual in art and science in the context of a proposal for the burial of radioactive waste in Sardinia

Aurora Del Rio

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The challenge of making sense of deep time through ritual presents the research context for this paper: in examining how rituals can inform transgenerational memory of nuclear waste, the paper discusses similarities between rituals in art and science through artistic research to address a primary concern regarding the socio-political and ecological implications involved in the perpetual management of nuclear waste.
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