This study focuses on nuclear tourism, which flourished a decade ago in the Exclusion Zone, a regimented area around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Ukraine) established in 1986, where the largest recorded nuclear explosion in human history occurred. The mass pilgrimage movement transformed the place into an open air museum, a space that preserves the remnants of Soviet culture, revealing human tragedies of displacement and deaths, and the nature of state nuclear power. This study examines the impact of the site on its visitors and the motivations for their persistence and activities in the Zone, and argues that through photography, cartography, exploration, and discovery, the pilgrims attempt to decode the historical and ideological meaning of Chornobyl and its significance for future generations. Ultimately, the aesthetic and political space of the Zone helps them establish a conceptual and mnemonic connection between the Soviet past and Ukraine’s present and future. Their practices, in turn, help maintain the Zone’s spatial and epistemological continuity. Importantly, Chornobyl seems to be polysemic in nature, inviting interpretations and shaping people’s national and intellectual identities.

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霍诺贝利露天博物馆：对力量和内在自我的多学科探索

这项研究的重点是核旅游业，该旅游业在十年前在禁区繁荣发展，该禁区是1986年建立的乔尔诺贝利核电站（乌克兰）周围的一个受管制区域，是人类历史上最大的核爆炸发生地点。大规模的朝圣运动将这个地方变成了一个露天博物馆，这个地方保留了苏联文化的遗迹，揭示了人类流离失所和死亡的悲剧以及国家核电的性质。这项研究考察了该场所对其访客的影响以及他们在该区域的持久性和活动的动机，并认为朝圣者通过摄影，制图，探索和发现，试图解读乔霍诺贝利及其周边地区的历史和意识形态含义。对子孙后代的意义。最终，该区域的美学和政治空间帮助他们在苏联的过去与乌克兰的现在和未来之间建立起概念上和记忆上的联系。反过来，他们的做法有助于维持该区域的空间和认识论连续性。重要的是，Chornobyl似乎本质上是多义的，可以进行解释并塑造人们的民族和知识身份。