Concealment and visibilisation of environmental conflicts. The case of the Garraf landfill site

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concealment; visibilisation; environmental conflicts; landfill; agnotology; slow violence; toxic narratives

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This article describes the strategies that different social actors have followed to conceal or make visible the environmental conflict caused by the location of the Barcelona and its metropolitan area landfill site in the Garraf massif (1974-2006). The study of this case allows us to identify characteristics shared with other environmental conflicts in terms of how they have developed, the different social actors involved and their strategies, as well as elements from which to contribute to the reflection on the environmental conflicts of the present and the future beyond the academic sphere, in the public sphere where civil society and activism are active.

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Vol. 17 (2024)

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Special issue: Ecological transitions

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