Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Case studies exploring how experts' encounters with environmental justice are changing technical and scientific practice. Over the course of nearly thirty years, the environmental justice movement has changed the politics of environmental activism and influenced environmental policy. In the process, it has turned the attention of environmental activists and regulatory agencies to issues of pollution, toxics, and human health as they affect ordinary people, especially people of color. This book argues that the environmental justice movement has also begun to transform science and engineering. The chapters present case studies of technical experts' encounters with environmental justice activists and issues, exploring the transformative potential of these interactions. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities in such mainstream scientific institutions as regulatory agencies and universities, where environmental justice concerns have been (partially) institutionalized as a response to environmental justice activism. All of the chapters grapple with the difficulty of transformation that experts face, but the studies also show how environmental justice activism has created opportunities for changing technical practices and, in a few cases, has even accomplished significant transformations. Over The Course Of Nearly Thirty Years, The Environmental Justice Movement Has Changed The Politics Of Environmental Activism And Influenced Environmental Policy. In The Process, It Has Turned The Attention Of Environmental Activists And Regulatory Agencies To Issues Of Pollution, Toxics, And Human Health As They Affect Ordinary People, Especially People Of Color. This Book Argues That The Environmental Justice Movement Has Also Begun To Transform Science And Engineering. The Chapters Present Case Studies Of Technical Experts' Encounters With Environmental Justice Activists And Issues, Exploring The Transformative Potential Of These Interactions. Introduction : Environmental Justice And The Transformation Of Science And Engineering / Benjamin Cohen And Gwen Ottinger -- Who Are The Experts Of Environmental Health Justice? / Scott Frickel -- From Science-based Legal Advocacy To Community Organizing : Opportunties And Obstacles To Transforming Patterns Of Expertise And Access / Karen Hoffman -- Toxic Transformations : Constructing Online Audiences For Environmental Justice / Jason Delborne And Wyatt Galusky -- Experts, Ethics, And Environmental Justice : Communiciating And Contesting Results From Personal Exposure Science / Rachel Morello-frosch ... [et Al.] -- Middle-out Social Change : Expert-led Development Interventions In Sri Lanka's Energy Sector / Dean Nieusma -- Invisible People, Invisible Risks : How Scientific Assessments Of Environmental Health Risks Overlook Minorities : And How Community Participation Can Make Them Visible / Maria Powell And Jim Powell -- Risk Assessment And Native Americans At The Cultural Crossroads : Making Better Science Or Redefining Health? / Jaclyn R. Johnson And Darren J. Ranco -- Uneven Transformations And Environmental Justice : Regulatory Science, Street Science, And Pesticide Regulation In California / Raoul S. Liévanos, Jonathan K. London, And Julie Sze -- Rupturing Engineering Education : Opportunities For Transforming Expert Identities Through Community-based Projects / Gwen Ottinger -- Afterword : Working Faultlines / Kim Fortun. Edited By Gwen Ottinger And Benjamin Cohen ; Afterword By Kim Fortun. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Over the course of nearly thirty years, the environmental justice movement has changed the politics of environmental activism and influenced environmental policy. In the process, it has turned the attention of environmental activists and regulatory agencies to issues of pollution, toxics, and human health as they affect ordinary people, especially people of color. This book argues that the environmental justice movement has also begun to transform science and engineering. The chapters present case studies of technical experts' encounters with environmental justice activists and issues, exploring the transformative potential of these interactions. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities in such mainstream scientific institutions as regulatory agencies and universities, where environmental justice concerns have been (partially) institutionalized as a response to environmental justice activism. All of the chapters grapple with the difficulty of transformation that experts face, but the studies also show how environmental justice activism has created opportunities for changing technical practices and, in a few cases, has even accomplished significant transformations. The hardcover edition does not include a dust jacket.

Over the course of nearly thirty years, the environmental justice movement has changed the politics of environmental activism and influenced environmental policy. In the process, it has turned the attention of environmental activists and regulatory agencies to issues of pollution, toxics, and human health as they affect ordinary people, especially people of color. This book argues that the environmental justice movement has also begun to transform science and engineering. The chapters present case studies of technical experts' encounters with environmental justice activists and issues, exploring the transformative potential of these interactions. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities in such mainstream scientific institutions as regulatory agencies and universities, where environmental justice concerns have been (partially) institutionalized as a response to environmental justice activism. All of the chapters grapple with the difficulty of transformation that experts face, but the studies also show how environmental justice activism has created opportunities for changing technical practices and, in a few cases, has even accomplished significant transformations.