ROBYN D'AVIGNON
Biographic Data
| ID | 5522697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | ROBYN D'AVIGNON |
| GIVEN NAMES | ROBYN |
| FAMILY NAME | D'AVIGNON |
| SIGNATURE | AVIGNON R D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa
Set against the ongoing corporate enclosure of West Africa’s goldfields, A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world’s oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa’s orpaillage. Establishing African miners as producers of subterranean knowledge, Robyn d’Avignon uncovers a dynamic “ritual geology” of techniques and cosmological engagements with the earth developed by agrarian residents of gold-bearing rocks i…
Shelf Projects: The Political Life of Exploration Geology in Senegal
Since the early 2000s, southeastern Senegal has emerged as a premier gold exploration and mining frontier. At present, the Sabodala gold mine, owned by the Canadian company Teranga Gold, is the only operational gold mine and mill in Senegal. But two more open-pit gold operations are scheduled to open this year, and several other companies have announced discoveries of industrial-scale deposits. By documenting the shifting ownership and exploratio…
Primitive Techniques: From ‘Customary’ to ‘Artisanal’ Mining in French West Africa
Since the commodity boom of the early 2000s, the visibility of ‘artisanal’ or ‘small-scale’ mining has grown in media coverage and development policies focused on Africa. This article argues that the regulatory category of ‘artisanal’ mining in Africa originated during the colonial period as ‘customary mining’. I build this case through a regional case study of mining policies in the colonial federation of French West Africa, where a single decre…
Primitive Techniques: From ‘Customary’ to ‘Artisanal’ Mining in French West Africa
Since the commodity boom of the early 2000s, the visibility of ‘artisanal’ or ‘small-scale’ mining has grown in media coverage and development policies focused on Africa. This article argues that the regulatory category of ‘artisanal’ mining in Africa originated during the colonial period as ‘customary mining’. I build this case through a regional case study of mining policies in the colonial federation of French West Africa, where a single decre…
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa
Set against the ongoing corporate enclosure of West Africa’s goldfields, A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world’s oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa’s orpaillage. Establishing African miners as producers of subterranean knowledge, Robyn d’Avignon uncovers a dynamic “ritual geology” of techniques and cosmological engagements with the earth developed by agrarian residents of gold-bearing rocks i…
Shelf Projects: The Political Life of Exploration Geology in Senegal
Since the early 2000s, southeastern Senegal has emerged as a premier gold exploration and mining frontier. At present, the Sabodala gold mine, owned by the Canadian company Teranga Gold, is the only operational gold mine and mill in Senegal. But two more open-pit gold operations are scheduled to open this year, and several other companies have announced discoveries of industrial-scale deposits. By documenting the shifting ownership and exploratio…
Primitive Techniques: From ‘Customary’ to ‘Artisanal’ Mining in French West Africa
Since the commodity boom of the early 2000s, the visibility of ‘artisanal’ or ‘small-scale’ mining has grown in media coverage and development policies focused on Africa. This article argues that the regulatory category of ‘artisanal’ mining in Africa originated during the colonial period as ‘customary mining’. I build this case through a regional case study of mining policies in the colonial federation of French West Africa, where a single decre…
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa
Set against the ongoing corporate enclosure of West Africa’s goldfields, A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world’s oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa’s orpaillage. Establishing African miners as producers of subterranean knowledge, Robyn d’Avignon uncovers a dynamic “ritual geology” of techniques and cosmological engagements with the earth developed by agrarian residents of gold-bearing rocks i…
Archaeology (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (2 works) · Cultural Identity and Heritage (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Gold mining (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mining and Resource Management (2 works)