Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas
An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6136524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgia De Lorenzi (0000-0003-2951-223X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archivio antropologico mediterraneo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2038-3215 • E-ISSN: 2038-3215 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/12xz3 |
| OpenAlex | W4405513163 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
This article explores the results of an ethnographic investigation carried out between November 2022 and March 2023, within the agricultural sector in highly PFAS-contaminated areas in the Veneto region, Italy. In order to understand how farmers experienced the contamination and what they think about their experiences, field research and semi-structured interviews were conducted. In the absence of any institutional support and clear regulations, the institutional laissez-faire approach has accentuated individual accountability, leaving farmers alone to deal with these chemical compounds. Considering this context, the precarity of the farming sector, a main feature of the socioecological context of the contamination, along with the fractures and silence resulting from the contamination, are analyzed
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Contamination · Ethnography · Geography · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Environmental Science · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research · Ecology
Toxic Heritage
Substance as Method
Reimagining Chemicals, with and Against Technoscience
Chemicals, Ecology, and Reparative Justice
The Artificial World
Residues
Strategies of silence in an age of transparency
Ambiguities at Sites of Acceptance
Slow violence and toxic geographies
Non-stick science
Puttings things into words. Ethnographic description and the silence of the social
Invisible harm
Situated Knowledges
"The Social Life of the "Forever Chemical
Alterlife and Decolonial Chemical Relations
Chemo-Ethnography
Writing the Implosion
Producing Ignorance Through Regulatory Structure
Contamination in theory and protest
Mass hysteria in Le Roy, New York
Emerging contaminants, coerced ignorance and environmental health concerns
Allergy Narratives in Italy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |