{"id":619,"date":"2026-02-11T09:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/?page_id=619"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:59:04","slug":"temporalities-after-progress-on-endurance-and-living-on-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/all-projects\/temporalities-after-progress-on-endurance-and-living-on-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporalities after Progress: On Endurance and Living On (2025-)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;Temporalities after Progress&#8217; is an ongoing project headed by Dr Leila Dawney. It is funded under a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2025-2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/FINALBebochkaSelection_0000_Layer22-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/FINALBebochkaSelection_0000_Layer22-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/FINALBebochkaSelection_0000_Layer22-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/FINALBebochkaSelection_0000_Layer22-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/FINALBebochkaSelection_0000_Layer22.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we acknowledge the limits of industrial progress and growth-based capital, places produced through the dreams of modernity are increasingly seen as \u201cleft behind\u201d. The aim of the fellowship will be to challenge this temporal definition by investigating how the aftermath of failed infrastructure is lived and experienced. I will develop a new conceptual framework for understanding temporalities after progress in an illustrated monograph based on ethnographic research and creative collaborations in the former Soviet atomic city of Visaginas, Lithuania, entitled\u00a0<em>After Utopia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Trees-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Trees-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Trees-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Trees-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Trees-1536x1219.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Trees-2048x1626.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Mural-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Mural-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Mural-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Mural-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Mural-1536x1219.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/nuclear-societies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2026\/02\/Baboyka-Mural-2048x1626.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Temporalities after Progress&#8217; is an ongoing project headed by Dr Leila Dawney. 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