@article{fdi:010088571,
  title = {{B}ecoming a crisis : shifting narratives of seasonal air pollution in {N}orthern {T}hailand (1996-2019)},
  author = {{E}vrard, {O}livier and {M}ostafanezhad, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}hiang {M}ai, {T}hailand, has long experienced seasonal air pollution episodes at the end of the dry season ({F}ebruary-{A}pril). {W}hile the severity and length of the episodes vary annually, popular narratives describe how the "haze crisis" is worsening. {I}n this article, we address the role of the media in driving the growing awareness of seasonal air pollution in {C}hiang {M}ai. {T}he article contributes to scholarship on the politics of the representation of environmental problems and the understanding of discourses and practices through which natural phenomena are historically produced and become known. {I}t takes into account social relations of power by addressing local environmental politics and how they are framed by political economic interests. {B}ased on the analysis of three {T}hai national newspapers over a 25-year period as well as extensive fieldwork and interviews in {C}hiang {M}ai {P}rovince, we chronicle the development of a collective concern about seasonal air pollution and its political-ecological drivers and consequences. {F}inally, we demonstrate how this shared perception of a worsening haze crisis is driven by ongoing debates surrounding the use of forests, agro-capitalism, and legitimate forms of political power. {T}his article contributes to emerging scholarship in environmental media studies that addresses how environmental changes become environmental crises.},
  keywords = {{T}hailand ; air pollution ; {C}hiang {M}ai ; narratives ; anthropology ; geography ; environmental history ; {THAILANDE} ; {CHIANG} {MAI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}outheast {A}sian {S}tudies},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {333--361},
  ISSN = {2186-7275},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.20495/seas.12.2_333},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088571},
}