I'm Afraid of That Water : a Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis / edited by Luke Eric Lassiter, Brian A. Hoey, and Elizabeth Campbell.

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TextPublication details: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (1 volume)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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194919938X
9781949199383

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: I'm Afraid of That Water : A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis.DDC classification:

363.17/910975437 23

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TD225.C32 I43 2020

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction by Elizabeth Campbell, Brian A. Hoey, and Luke Eric Lassiter -- Part I. "I'm Afraid of That Water": A West Virginia Disaster and Water Crisis -- 1. The Elk River Spill: On Water and Trust by Luke Eric Lassiter -- 2. Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Meaning and Context by Brian A. Hoey -- 3. Toward a Collaborative Ethnography by Luke Eric Lassiter -- 4. Chemical Spill Encountered by Trish Hatfield -- Part II. On Place: To Stay or Not to Stay -- 5. Blues BBQ by Jay Thomas -- 6. Citizen Response: On Leaving and Staying by Cat Pleska and Joshua Mills

7. In and Out of Appalachia by Emily Mayes -- Interlude: Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Impact and Responses by Brian A. Hoey -- Part III. On Making and Remaking Community -- 8. Activism and Community by Jim Hatfield -- 9. WVWaterHistory.com and Producing Digital Resources on a Water Crisis by Gabe Schwartzman -- 10. What Does a Water Crisis Sound Like? by Laura Harbert Allen -- 11. Can We Trust the Water System Now? Some Updates by Jim Hatfield -- Epilogue by Luke Eric Lassiter -- Afterword by Angie Rosser -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index

Summary: "On January 9, 2014, chemicals used for cleaning crushed coal poured into the public drinking water in Charleston, WV. This book tells a particular set of stories of this chemical spill and its aftermath, an unfolding water crisis that would lead to months, even years, of fear and distrust. It is both oral history and collaborative ethnography, jointly conceptualized, researched, and written by people-more than 50 in all-across various positions in both academe and local communities"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"On January 9, 2014, chemicals used for cleaning crushed coal poured into the public drinking water in Charleston, WV. This book tells a particular set of stories of this chemical spill and its aftermath, an unfolding water crisis that would lead to months, even years, of fear and distrust. It is both oral history and collaborative ethnography, jointly conceptualized, researched, and written by people-more than 50 in all-across various positions in both academe and local communities"-- Provided by publisher

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