Baz Kershaw
This focuses on the Protest and Disasters theme, but relates equally to Performance/ Spectacle:
(1) Upendra Baxi, “Writing about impunity and environment: the ‘silver jubilee’ of the Bhopal catastrophe” unpublished conference paper. Available at:
http://www.upendrabaxi.net/documents/Writing%20About%20Impunity%20-%20Bhopal%202009.pdf
(2) Baz Kershaw, “Spectacle of Performance: Excesses of Power” Ch 7 in Theatre Ecology: Environments and Performance Events, Cambridge University Press, 2007/2009.
Digital PDF Copy: please note this is copyright CUP and must not be reproduced in any form.
(3) Union Carbide – official website about the disaster.
(4) Websites of images/short articles viz Bhopal Disaster:
(a) Mothers and children
http://monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/warrant-issued-for-union-carbide-murderers/
(b) Child and drawing of plant following disaster
http://cae2k.com/photos-of-mr-universe-0/bhopal-disaster.html
(c) Bhopal plant tours
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/watchdog/2009/11/12/tours-of-bhopal-disaster-site-bring-outrage/
(d) Greenpeace slides
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/multimedia/slideshows/bhopal-the-world-s-worst-ind/
