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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campbell, Elizabeth, 1962- editor.

Hoey, Brian A., 1968- editor.

Lassiter, Luke E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster victims--West Virginia--Charleston--Interviews.

Disaster victims.

Coal preparation plants--West Virginia--Charleston.

Coal preparation plants.

Chemical spills--West Virginia--Charleston.

Chemical spills.

Drinking water--Contamination--West Virginia--Charleston.

Drinking water.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781949199383

194919938X

OCLC:

1143617606