Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region
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 abou...
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Dipartimento Culture e Società - Università di Palermo
2024-12-01
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd50ea499d884cca989698e5448117a62025-01-30T14:21:30ZitaDipartimento Culture e Società - Università di PalermoArchivio Antropologico Mediterraneo2038-32152024-12-01272610.4000/12xz3Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto RegionGiovanni LorenziThis 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.https://journals.openedition.org/aam/9436ethnographyagriculturePFASPo Valleywater pollution. |
| spellingShingle | Giovanni Lorenzi Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo ethnography agriculture PFAS Po Valley water pollution. |
| title | Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region |
| title_full | Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region |
| title_fullStr | Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region |
| title_short | Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region |
| title_sort | farming in pfas contaminated areas an ethnographic exploration within the veneto region |
| topic | ethnography agriculture PFAS Po Valley water pollution. |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/aam/9436 |
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