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Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology
Published on: September 28, 2022
Abstract:
This essay reviews two recent graphic novels about the Chornobyl disaster-Matyáš Namai's Chernobyl: The Fall of Atomgrad (2023) and Johanna Aulén's Chernobyl's Dogs (2022)-and considers their value for teaching nuclear history at the university level. While Namai presents the disaster as a product of technocratic hubris through a fragmented documentary aesthetic, Aulén approaches Chornobyl from a more-than-human perspective centered on animals, memory, and multispecies care. Comparing their contrasting visual and historiographical strategies, the essay argues that graphic novels can help students move beyond learning historical content to critically examining how historical narratives are constructed and communicated. Used alongside scholarly literature, they provide an effective medium for teaching historiography, visual analysis, and science communication through both interdisciplinary, critical interpretation and creative practice.
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