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Mineral empire: a socio-environmental history of mining in formal and informal empires, 18th-20th centuries 
Convenors:
Plarier Antonin (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
Armel Campagne (UCD)
Rebecca Gruskin (Hamilton College)
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Chair:
Plarier Antonin (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
Discussant:
Iva Pesa (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
Formats:
Panel
Streams:
Nature for Harvest: Commodities and Resources
Location:
Linnanmaa Campus, TA101
Sessions:
Tuesday 20 August, -, -
Time zone: Europe/Helsinki

Short Abstract:

This industrial development of mineral extraction in colonial period engendered multiple historical transformations of the environment. This panel explores these socio-environmental aspects of modern extractivism through different imperial or colonial case studies.

Long Abstract:

Capitalism and, notably modern colonial empires have developed mining operations at a scale hitherto unknown in history. This industrial development of mineral extraction engendered multiple historical transformations of the environment. In particular, new “workscapes” (Thomas Andrews, 2009), characterized by heaps, tailings, sludges, industrial machinery, and boomtowns, have appeared as landscapes transformed by modern extractivism. This led to growing conflicts about resource and land uses which took specific forms in colonial situations (Balandier, 1951). In this specific context, how were subterranean resources appropriated? What kind of conflicts emerged from these processes of mineral extraction and accumulation through dispossession? What types of pollution and environmental hazards were induced by imperial mining operations and how colonial administrations and local populations dealt with it? Finally, who work in modern colonial mines and What were the environmental and health conditions in these enterprises?

This panel explores these socio-environmental aspects of modern extractivism through different imperial or colonial case studies.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Tuesday 20 August, 2024, -
Session 2 Tuesday 20 August, 2024, -
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