Reno, Joshua. 2011. Beyond risk: Emplacement and the production of environmental evidence. American Ethnologist, 38(3), pp. 516-530. ISSN 0094-0496 [Article]

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I offer a counterpoint to the prevailing risk literature that focuses not on (mis)perceptions of danger but on the production and circulation of different forms of evidence and the environmental claims they promote. Rather than reproduce the epistemic dichotomies associated with risk discourse, I discuss attempts by waste-industry technicians, government inspectors, lawyers, area residents, and activists to generate persuasive accounts of a large, U.S. landfill and its porous boundaries. I argue that the differential influence of their various claims is best understood by examining what it means to know and care for a place.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01320.x
Additional Information:	Author name written as 'Joshua O. Reno' in published version.
Keywords:	risk;evidence;place;epistemology;waste;science and technology
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event August 2011 Published
Item ID:	6180
Date Deposited:	08 Nov 2011 15:59
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2020 15:31
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/6180

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