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Book Launch – The Anthropology of Resource Extraction

Book cover: The Anthropology of Resource Extraction  (Routledge, 2022) hosted by the Nordic Africa Institute in collaboration with the Gold Matters project and the European Association of Social Anthropologists´ Anthropology of Mining Network

Book cover: The Anthropology of Resource Extraction (Routledge, 2022) hosted by the Nordic Africa Institute in collaboration with the Gold Matters project and the European Association of Social Anthropologists´ Anthropology of Mining Network

Time • 10 Mar 2022 15:00 - 16:30
Place • Zoom

Join us for the launch of The Anthropology of Resource Extraction External link, opens in new window. (Routledge, 2022) hosted by the Nordic Africa Institute in collaboration with the Gold Matters project and the European Association of Social Anthropologists´ Anthropology of Mining Network.

The launch will bring chapter presentations by all contributing authors together with discussants Professor Jessica M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines, USA, and Dr Jerry Jacka, University of Colorado Boulder, USA.

The Anthropology of Resource Extraction synthesizes and analyses a range of anthropological debates about the ways in which different actors extract, use, manage, and think about resources. Resources play a crucial role in the contemporary economy and society, are required in the production of a vast range of consumer products and are at the core of geopolitical strategies and environmental concerns for the future of humanity. Scholars have widely debated the economic and sociological aspects of resource management, however, anthropologists offer different and fresh perspectives based on field research conducted in close contact with those actors that manipulate, anticipate, fight for, or resist the extractive processes in many creative ways.

The webinar will be moderated by Eleanor Fisher, Head of Research, The Nordic Africa Institute.

 

Watch the recorded webinar here:

  • Welcome
    Eleanor Fisher, The Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
  • Introduction
    Lorenzo D’Angelo, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
    Robert J. Pijpers, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Chapter presentations
    (Recorded chapter presentations)

    Corporations
    Elana Shever, Colgate University, USA
    Environmental Change
    Mark Nuttall, University of Alberta, Canada
    Development
    Robert J. Pijpers, University of Hamburg, Germany
    Governance
    Jeroen Cuvelier, Ghent University, Belgium
    Sara Geenen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    Boris Verbrugge, KU Leuven, Belgium
    Materiality and Substances
    Elizabeth Ferry, Brandeis University, USA
    Mineworkers
    Benjamin Rubbers, Liège Université, Belgium
    Positionality and Ethics
    Nick Bainton, The University of Queensland, Australia
    Emilia E. Skrzypek, University of St Andrews, UK
    Sustainability
    Cristiano Lanzano, The Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
    Technology
    Lorenzo D´Angelo, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
    Underground
    Sabine Luning, Leiden University, The Netherlands
    Water and Conflict
    Fabiana Li, University of Manitoba, Canada
    Teresa A. Velásquez, California State University, San Bernardino, USA
  • Discussant comments
    Discussant 1 - Jessica M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines, USA
    Discussant 2 - Jerry Jacka, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
  • Q&A
    Moderator: Eleanor Fisher, Head of Research, The Nordic Africa Institute
  • Closing remarks

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