1229 | 932 | “Rio Tinto Fieldschool: A journey through the red mirror of the Anthropocene” an multidisciplinary approach of a landscape | Barrero García, Lucas & Vélez Agosto, Gabriela.
This communication presents the experience of the “Rio Tinto Fieldschool: A journey through the red mirror of the Anthropocene” as a methodology for on-site research and interdisciplinary exploration of the Rio Tinto basin by a team of researchers, artists, and activists. The 102 km-long river runs through a large part of the province of Huelva, Spain, from its source near the historic open-pit mines of Rio tinto and the toxic waste dump in Nerva, to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean, where the chemical industry and its waste converge with intensive berry plantations._x000D_
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Along this red-acidic river, the socio-environmental issues were analyzed, and alternative futures for this sacrifice zone were imagined. As part of the journey, the participants collaboratively mapped their experiences, local community testimonials, environmental impacts, and sensations (smell, visuals, etc.). Additionally, a collection of photographs, videos, and audio was made to accompany the map. The fieldschool experience highlighted the importance of on-site exploration and lived experience as a form of research in Geohumanities will also be discussed._x000D_
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Finally, this communication aims to deepen the methodological debate on the study of sacrifice zones as places of the Anthropocene through a multitemporal (past, present, and future) and multidisciplinary perspective.
Barrero García, Lucas & Vélez Agosto, Gabriela.
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB); University of Barcelona.
ID Abstract: 932