Ethnography of Spontaneous Ecological Mobilization: The Black Sea Oil Spill of 2024
Journal: Inter
Year: 2025

This article examines the experience of volunteers who responded to the oil spill in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. In the absence of clear protocols and institutional support, mobilization unfolded through individual motivations, improvised decisions, and shared practices of care. Drawing on participant observation and 90 interviews, the study analyzes how people integrated into the unfolding disaster. Motivations for participation extended beyond duty or moral to include a search for n