La gramática de la acción colectiva ambiental en Argentina: reflexiones en torno al movimiento ciudadano ambiental de Gualeguaychú y su inscripción en el espacio público

Our aim is to explore the process of constitution of the collective actor around a nucleus performatively built from the environmental claim. We’ll try to interrogate the “common statement of intention” that generates a contentious process by which the parties involved build their demand around “diffuse interests” making an allusion to rights of the citizen matrix, such as the right to a healthy environment, to health, to be consulted about new facilities in the territory, the defence of biodiversity and the preservation of the ecosystem. To analyse the characteristics of the collective environmental action, we develop a two-way analysis: on the one hand we explore the process of constitution of the actor in the public space and the tensions derived from the efficiency of the illocutionary act; on the other hand, we do a framework analysis in order to deepen into the work of collective signification within the movement, particularly in relation with the way of interpreting the injustices. In a second line of research, we are interested in exploring the consequences that this movement has had in terms of the definition of a public arena in relation with the environment. We’ll try to examine the derivations of the case under analysis in its inscription in the public environmental agenda, focusing the analysis on the “Cause for the sanitation of the Matanza-Riachuelo basin”.