Abstract:

The Bhopal Memory Project was an early academic archiving project with the aim of providing a forum for scientific data and teaching curricula about the course and causes of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, which occurred in India in 1984. This was a time of extreme polarization and politicization of the disaster, especially around the issue of liability and compensation. The Bhopal Memory Project became an important part of this conversation, attracting the attention of corporate PR departments, university professors, and activists alike. Today, the nature of the problem and the norms of web publishing have both changed and the Bhopal Memory Project is now defunct, though still live.