Kiessling Brittany, Maxwell Keely
EPA's Office of Research and Development.
Environ Soc (N.Y.). 2021;12(1):164-180. doi: 10.3167/ares.2021.120110.
Our article analyzes interdisciplinary literature within the social sciences on outcomes of environmental cleanups at Superfund, brownfield, and other contaminated sites. By focusing on postremediation sites and outcomes, we expand the understanding of the sociopolitical life of contaminated sites over time. First, we examine the technoscientific practices of how scientists and environmental managers seek to make cleanup outcomes legible and meaningful. Next, we engage with a wider array of litera ture on pollution/toxicity, uncovering circular temporalities in cleanup processes along with continuities in pollution/toxicity and in political struggle. Finally, we examine the social worlds of postremediation landscapes, drawing attention to how cleanups create new relationships among people, history, and nature. In conclusion, we identify areas of opportunity for these insights to inform the conceptualization and evaluation of cleanup outcomes in ways that better incorporate the complex dynamics of postremediation social worlds.
我们的文章分析了社会科学领域内关于超级基金、棕地及其他受污染场地环境清理结果的跨学科文献。通过关注修复后的场地及结果，我们拓展了对受污染场地随时间推移的社会政治生活的理解。首先，我们考察科学家和环境管理者如何使清理结果清晰且有意义的技术科学实践。其次，我们研究了关于污染/毒性的更广泛文献，揭示了清理过程中的循环时间性以及污染/毒性和政治斗争中的连续性。最后，我们审视了修复后景观的社会世界，关注清理如何在人、历史和自然之间创造新的关系。总之，我们确定了这些见解的机会领域，以便以更好地纳入修复后社会世界复杂动态的方式，为清理结果的概念化和评估提供信息。
