Exposed 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 (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.

• Autore principale: Auyero, Javier (author)
• Altri autori: Swistun, Débora (author)
• Natura: article
• Lingua: spa
• Pubblicazione: 2007
• Soggetti: pollution; environmental suffering; ethnography; experience; poverty; Argentina; contaminación; sufrimiento ambiental; etnografía; experiencia; pobreza
• Accesso online: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/216