De la trace à la traçabilité : les restes de l’extraction uranifère, entre ignorance et mémoire

This article proposes to analyze different memory devices concerning former uranium mines in France—from their closure (1990s) to the present day. Through a sociological study articulating the analysis of semi-directive interviews with actors of these mechanisms and the analysis of archives, we will...

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Main Author: Saliha Hadna
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Éditions de la Sorbonne 2020-12-01
Series:Socio-anthropologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/socio-anthropologie/7422
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Summary:This article proposes to analyze different memory devices concerning former uranium mines in France—from their closure (1990s) to the present day. Through a sociological study articulating the analysis of semi-directive interviews with actors of these mechanisms and the analysis of archives, we will highlight three logics that constitute central elements in the environmental monitoring of former uranium mines in France: trace, traceability. We will then see that if heritage constitutes an obvious element of production and transmission of memory, the controversy surrounding the management of mining waste rock contributing to the regulation of this memory through a “relativism of memory”.
ISSN:1276-8707
1773-018X