Dear Colleagues,
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<br>If this call is of your interest, please disseminate it and submit a paper,
<br>best regards
<br>Sofia Bento
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<br>ABSTRACTS are expected by Feb. the 28th
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<br>https://issei2019.info/
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<br>2019 ISSEI Conference
<br>issei2019.info
<br>Aftershocks: Globalism and the Future of Democracy Conference Participation
<br>Fees:. Early Bird (Until March 31): 160. Regular (April 1 - May 31): 180
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<br>Do not hesitate to circulate and SUBMIT a proposal !
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<br>Best regards,
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<br>CG
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<br>Environmental risks in Europe
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<br>Chairs: Pedro Baos Pez*, Sofia Bento**, Christelle Gramaglia*** & Ivan
<br>Lopez****
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<br>* Murcia University
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<br>** Lisbon University
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<br>*** IRSTEA Montpellier
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<br>**** Zaragoza University
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<br>Europe's industrial past, as well as its current position as a global
<br>industrial power, generate numerous negative externalities that are poorly
<br>known, evaluated and controlled. Although Air and Water Directives were
<br>promulgated in the 1990s and 2000s, there are still numerous infringements in
<br>these domains in the countries of the Union. And for soils, no standard yet
<br>allows to monitor its quality. Uncertainties, risks and controversies
<br>proliferate, giving a particular acuity to the society of the risk described
<br>by Ulrich Beck (2001).
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<br>It in this context that "contaminated communities" (Edelstein 2004) developed,
<br>that is, groups of residents exposed to pollution and facing various
<br>environmental and health hazards. In North America, this lead to strong
<br>mobilizations for environmental justice in the wake of civil rights movements,
<br>pointing to cumulative inequalities (Gordon 2002). In Europe, claims are
<br>raised, but not in the same way. Other interpretative frameworks seem
<br>necessary to study what is really going on.
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<br>The session we propose will deal with the European specificities of
<br>environmental and environmental health mobilizations. It will also look at all
<br>the social consequences of pollution on the social fabric, either in public
<br>spheres or in private spheres, from the point of view of various actors:
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<br>(1) What makes some social movements possible while some others do not work
<br>out in sites with major contamination risks? What role does the EU and the
<br>member states play in risk regulation in this area? What place do European
<br>civil societies hold? What hinders mobilizations?
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<br>(2) What constraints do pollutions have on social and environmental practices?
<br>How residents of polluted sites resist and cope with particularly adverse
<br>toxic situations, sometimes silently? How to better account for the hidden
<br>social costs of pollution?
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<br>The expected communications will have to focus on industrial and agricultural
<br>pollution, but may also offer openness to other environmental issues. The idea
<br>is to reflect together on the effects of alerts on collective and individual
<br>behavior, but also on the issues of responsibility so as to promote
<br>resilience, in the sense that Anna Tsing could give to this term, i.e. finding
<br>together the force to imagine survival in the ruins of productivism (2016).
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<br>Proposals (350-500 word abstracts) in English or Spanish should be sent by
<br>February, the 28th 2019, to
<br>christelle.gramaglia@irstea.fr and
<br>pbanos@um.es
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<br>References:
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<br>BECK, U. (2001 (traduction de l'Allemand, 1986)). La socit du risque. Sur la
<br>voie d'une autre modernit. Paris, Aubier.
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<br>EDELSTEIN, M. R. (2004). Contaminated communities. Coping with residential
<br>toxic exposure. Boulder, Westview.
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<br>TSING, A.L. (2015). The mushroom at the end of the world: on the possibility
<br>of life in capitalist ruins. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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<br>WALKER, G. P. (2012). Environmental justice. London; New York, Routledge.
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