This visualization conveys ethnographic insight on a variety of levels. Using a photo of a woman’s one-stop archival shop allows the contributor to scale the conversation from these masses of printed paper to larger conversations around archival and data practices in not only environmental justice circles, but also academic spaces. Archival practices and vulnerabilities are in the forefront of this visualization, however, ethnographically, this photo conveys the affect of bureaucratic systems, compartmentalized expertise, and maybe even the repetitive nature of toxicity in its various forms.
I love how this image sinks us into the materiality of archiving a complex environmental problem. It communicates a "david vs. goliath" situation and forces us to imagine the enormity of information and knowledge that must be processed to politically contend with the chemical industry.