Mechanised Pits and Artisanal Tunnels
The Incongruences and Complementarities of Mining Investment in the Peruvian Andes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4868261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kieran Gilfoy (0000-0002-5559-6927, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 679-703 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x22000670 |
| OpenAlex | W4307244443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 37 |
Conflict has become a central concept to understanding the recent expansion of mining across the Andes. Yet, while contestation can emerge and has done so, the continued extraction of minerals requires scholars to attend to how mining projects maintain viability. This article moves beyond analyses of conflict to elucidate the role of compromise in achieving temporary states of homeostasis. Using ethnographic data collected at the Las Bambas copper mine in the highlands of southern Peru, I explore the agential navigation of communities affected by mining and the projects they develop in pursuit of 'a better life'. The article elucidates the challenges that industrial production presents for professional employment, the limitations of boomtown hustling (informal economic activity) for aspiring individuals, and the rise of artisanal mining as a project of social mobility. Ultimately, the acceptance of such 'illegal' mining by corporate proprietors demonstrates the complementary nature that informal and formal extraction play in allaying the momentum of conflict
Compromise · Consumption (sociology) · Economics · Ethnography · Investment (military) · Mining engineering · Mining industry · Participant observation · Political science · Production (economics) · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Engineering · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure
Resources for Reform
Navigating Terrains of War
Aggravating the Resource Curse
Water and Mining Conflicts in Peru
Negotiating belonging and place
Planetary Mine. Territories of Extraction under Late Capitalism
Environment and Society
Regularizing Extraction in Andean Peru
Unearthing Women's Anti‐Mining Activism in the Andes
Tackling youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa
Navigating Terrains of War
Women miners’ exclusion and Muslim masculinities in Tajikistan
The evolving techniques of the social engineering of extraction
Water and Power in Highland Peru
The extractive imperative in Latin America
Normalising corporate counterinsurgency
Funding Local Government
Of Flesh and Ore
Improving Oneself
Extraction, Revolution, Plurinationalism
Tactics of the Governed
The Peruvian Mining Industry
A History of Mining in Latin America
Making Indigenous Citizens
Global Shadows
Walls and white elephants
The Anthropology of Mining
Performing Participation
Engendering the Company
Documenting Accountability
Offshore work
Corporate Security Begins in the Community
Declarations of dependence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |