Mining

Bibliographic Data

ID22368671
AuthorsJessica M Smith (0000-0002-9700-4096, Colorado School of Mines), Kirsch (0000-0002-3448-1979, University of Michigan), Stuart Kirsch
Year2018
Pages1-4
Publication date2018-09-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1307
OpenAlexW4248133383
ISBN9781118924396
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Since the mid‐1950s, the anthropology of mining has tracked and theorized major shifts in capitalism. The classic literature, grounded in Africa and Latin America, explored the transformation of labor regimes and economic development. Renewed interest in the industry accompanied the worldwide mining boom of the 1990s, which was facilitated by the rise of neoliberal economic policies and new mining methods, as capital‐intensive open‐cut mines replaced labor‐intensive underground ones. These new mines require smaller local workforces and generate greater environmental impacts, raising questions about the industry's claim to promote sustainable development in the communities closest to production sites. Current research on the ways mining companies respond to their critics places mining scholars at the forefront of the new anthropology of the corporation. Researchers also explore the ways in which the materiality of the mined resource shapes social relations, including the rising social and environmental costs of new extractive techniques

Archaeology · Boom · Capitalism · Corporation · Economic transformation · Economics · Economy · Geography · Mining industry · Political science · Politics · Engineering · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure

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