EP15 - 當我地成為化學物嘅一部分

簡介

生活充斥住化學物，佢地唔單止存在，仲會佔據，並且隨時喺我地嘅生活顯現。思考化學物唔係科學家嘅專利。化學物之於生活，冇人可以獨善其身。你吸入嘅一啖渾濁嘅空氣，可能係吸入咗一連串不公義嘅關係。我地討論對於生活上嘅化學物嘅一個人文面向。

by 梓明、Kimberly

參考：

[1] Murphy, Michelle. 2006. “Introduction,” In Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workersm, pp.1-18. Duke University Press.

[2] Murphy, Michelle. 2008. “Chemical Regimes of Living,” Environmental History, 13(4), pp. 695-703.

[3] Murphy, Michelle. 2017. “Alterlife and Decolonial Chemical Relations,” Cultural Anthropology, 32(4), pp. 494-503.

後記

環境人文學係我第一次聽嘅學科，我粗淺嘅理解就係將自然科學帶離實驗室，但又唔係應用自然科學，雖然係最終都希望係解決人所面對嘅問題，但並唔係停留喺個人層面上，而係面向成個社會或者成個物種，思考點樣同化學物（及其他）共存共榮。聽落好似好宏大，我只係覺得任何認真做嘅研究都可以（一定要）問出一個好宏大嘅問題，先至唔會迷失於精密之中。分享一段Kimberly超譯為「我地吸入嘅唔係渾濁嘅空氣，而係不公義嘅關係」嘅原文：

Murphy (2017:501) writes,

“Breathe in. With each inhalation, the extensive relations of finance capital are pulled into your lungs, passing through membranes, attaching to receptors, rearranging metabolism, altering gene expression.

Breathe out. With each exhalation, you are reconnecting to thegreater fulsomeness of our relations. Breathe in, feel the fragility of white privileged life for the few around you. Breathe out.”