Howald, Claudia and Ramirez Boscan, Karmen (2016) El Cerrejón Coal Mine and the Wayuu in La Guajira, Colombia. In: Niederberger, Thomas and Haller, Tobias and Gambon, Helen and Kobi, Madlen and Wenk, Irina, (eds.) The open cut: mining, transnational corporations and local populations. Action anthropology = Aktionsethnologie (2). Lit Verlag, Zürich, pp. 219-250.
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The rapid expansion of the mineral and metal mining sector in the past decade was accompanied by an increase in social conflicts. What are the impacts of large-scale mining operations? What are the strategies used by transnational corporations to gain access to underground resources and legitimize their activities? And how do local and indigenous communities confronted with mining react to, negotiate with and resist these activities? This book covers 13 case studies of copper, gold, uranium and other mining operations, situated in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Switzerland. With an extensive introduction to the subject and a systematic comparison across mining operations in different phases of development and social contexts, it serves as a primer and reference book for activists, students and researchers alike.
| Item Type: | Chapter in book |
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| Additional Information: | OCLC: ocn852732928 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Afrika, Australien, Bergbaubetrieb, Entwicklungspolitik, Environmental aspects, Goldbergwerk, India, Indigenous peoples, Interessenkonflikt, International business enterprises, Kohlenbergwerk, Kupferbergwerk, Lateinamerika, Mineral industries, Mines and mineral resources, Multinationales Unternehmen, Philippinen, Ressourcenmanagement, Schweiz, Social aspects, Uranbergwerk, Vergleichende Forschung, Wirtschaftsethnologie |
| Subjects: | Social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology Social studies > Development studies |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento Non SUPSI |
| Depositing User: | Claudia Howald |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2020 15:07 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2022 11:03 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/12225 |
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