Sewers, reports, and archaeology: doing ethnography on environmental licensing processes for basic sanitation

Authors

  • Marcus Antonio Schfino Wittmann Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Infrastructure, Reports, Bureaucracy, Environmental Licensing, Archaeology,

Abstract

Basic sanitation, universal right provided by law, is not constituted only by pipes, treatment stations, meters, valves and other material parts. This infrastructure is also a political terrain where different interests, agents, documents, bureaucracies, and scientific knowledge are entangled. The objective of this article is to think the relation between infrastructure, in this case basic sanitation for sewage treatment, and the scientific practice. I will analyze process related to archaeological researches for the environmental licensing for this kind of enterprise, showing how the different state spheres, bureaucratic procedures, and various concerns and interests influence and are influenced by this game between infrastructure and science

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Author Biography

  • Marcus Antonio Schfino Wittmann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
    Mestre em Antropologia Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e pesquisador associado do Núcleo de Antropologia das Sociedades Indígenas e Tradicionais (NIT) e do Laboratório de EtboloEtn e Arqueologia (LAE) da mesma Universidade.

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Published

2018-06-19

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

Wittmann, M. A. S. (2018). Sewers, reports, and archaeology: doing ethnography on environmental licensing processes for basic sanitation. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 26(1), 150-167. https://www.journals.usp.br/cadernosdecampo/article/view/129313