The dominant disciplinary literature on cultures and practices of extractivism relies on a separation of “the field,” and the insights gained there, from our professional lives as anthropologists…
In Peru’s gold-rich Amazonian region of Madre de Dios (the Mother of God), the global demand for the precious metal has incentivized migration from the Andes to the…
By Matthieu Bolay, Université de Neuchâtel When I was carrying out fieldwork in Guinea and Mali between 2010 and 2014, some ministry officials, with whom I discussed the topics…
By Katja Werthmann, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig Recently, Burkina Faso celebrated the second anniversary of its popular uprising on 30 and 31 October 2014 that…
By Katja Werthmann, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig Recently, Burkina Faso celebrated the second anniversary of its popular uprising on 30 and 31 October 2014 that…
“REZEKI: Gold and Stone Mining in Aceh” was produced jointly by SEATIDE and the University of Milano-Bicocca. The 52-minute film is based on Giacomo Tabacco’s and Silvia Vignato’s…
Sakolabada is a new town which completely depends on gold mining. Officially, it doesn´t exist, it doesn´t show on any official administrative map. However, in this non-existent town,…