Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaExposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering
Based on long-term collaborative ethnographic fieldwork in a shantytown called Flammable located in Argentina, this paper examines residents’ perceptions of their highly polluted surroundings. Using a case study to explore the relationship between objective space and subjective representations (habi...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2007
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| author | Auyero, Javier Swistun, Débora |
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| description | Based on long-term collaborative ethnographic fieldwork in a shantytown called Flammable located in Argentina, this paper examines residents’ perceptions of their highly polluted surroundings. Using a case study to explore the relationship between objective space and subjective representations (habitat and habitus), the paper: a) describes the widespread confusion that dominates shantytown dwellers’ views of contamination, and b) argues that this confusion translates into self-doubts, division, stigma, and a continual waiting time. The paper ends with an empirically-grounded speculation regarding the sources of toxic uncertainty. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-2162024-04-23T19:45:22Z Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering Expuestos y confundidos. Un relato etnográfico sobre sufrimiento ambiental Auyero, Javier Swistun, Débora pollution environmental suffering ethnography experience poverty Argentina contaminación sufrimiento ambiental etnografía experiencia pobreza Argentina Based on long-term collaborative ethnographic fieldwork in a shantytown called Flammable located in Argentina, this paper examines residents’ perceptions of their highly polluted surroundings. Using a case study to explore the relationship between objective space and subjective representations (habitat and habitus), the paper: a) describes the widespread confusion that dominates shantytown dwellers’ views of contamination, and b) argues that this confusion translates into self-doubts, division, stigma, and a continual waiting time. The paper ends with an empirically-grounded speculation regarding the sources of toxic uncertainty. Basado en un trabajo etnográfico conjunto realizado en Villa Inflamable (Argentina), este artículo examina las percepciones que los habitantes tienen de su habitat contaminado. Utilizando un estudio de caso para explorar la relación entre el espacio objetivo y las representaciones subjetivas (habitat y habitus), este trabajo: a) describe la confusión generalizada que domina las visiones sobre la contaminación, y b) argumenta que esta confusión se traduce en dudas personales, divisiones, estigmas y un continuo tiempo de espera. El trabajo concluye con una especulación empíricamente informada sobre las fuentes de la incertidumbre tóxica. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2007-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/216 10.17141/iconos.28.2007.216 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 28 (2007): Dossier: Género y nación en América Latina; 137-152 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 28 (2007): Dossier: Género y nación en América Latina; 137-152 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 28 (2007): Dossier: Gender and nation in Latin America ; 137-152 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/216/212 Derechos de autor 2013 Javier Auyero, Débora Swistun https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Auyero, Javier Swistun, Débora Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering |
| title | Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering |
| title_full | Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering |
| title_fullStr | Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering |
| title_short | Exposed and Confused Towards an Ethnography of Environmental Suffering |
| title_sort | exposed and confused towards an ethnography of environmental suffering |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/216 |