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Toxic Talk and Collective (In)action in a Company Town

The Case of La Oroya, Peru

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ID2245115
AutoresP Neumann (0000-0002-6880-852X, Tulane University, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume63
Fascículo3
Páginas431-446
Data de publicação2016-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/socpro/spw010
OpenAlexW2477321247
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas38

The dynamics of contaminated communities have become an increasingly important area of research with the rise of environmental hazards worldwide. While much is known about communities that unite to protest toxic conditions, places where such mobilization has not occurred are far less frequently studied. Drawing on five months of ethnographic research, this article examines one such community (La Oroya) in Peru that is plagued by dangerously high lead levels, a product of 90 years of heavy metal smelter activity. What little mobilization has occurred in La Oroya arose not to protest contamination, but rather to contest the potential closure of the metallurgical complex. Through an analysis of the discursive frames that residents use to make sense of contamination, this article highlights the significance of community, collective self-understandings, and moral boundary making in community responses to toxic conditions. These aforementioned dimensions—not merely the presence of industry or potential job loss—shape subjective perceptions of risk in La Oroya in ways that tend to suppress the emergence of sustained collective action. La dinámica de comunidades contaminadas se han convertido en un área cada vez más importante de la investigación con el aumento de los riesgos ambientales en todo el mundo. Si bien se sabe mucho acerca de las comunidades que se unen para protestar por las condiciones tóxicas, lugares en los que no se ha llevado a cabo esa movilización son estudiados con menos frecuencia. Sobre la base de cinco meses de investigación etnográfica, este trabajo examina una de estas comunidades (La Oroya) en el Perú que está plagada de niveles peligrosamente altos de plomo, un producto de noventa años de actividad de fundición de metales pesados. La poca movilización en La Oroya no se levantó para protestar por la contaminación, sino más bien para disputar el posible cierre del complejo metalúrgico. A través de un análisis de los marcos discursivos que los residentes utilizan para dar sentido a la contaminación, este artículo pone de relieve la importancia del lugar, auto-comprensiones colectivas, y el límite de decisiones morales en las respuestas comunitarias hacia condiciones tóxicas. Argumento que estas dimensiones mencionadas—no simplemente la presencia de la industria o la pérdida de empleo potenciales—forman percepciones subjetivas de riesgo en La Oroya en formas que suelen suprimir la surgimiento de la sostenida acción colectiva.

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