Culture and conflicts in Sierra Leone mining strangers, aliens, spirits /

In <i>Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining: Strangers, Aliens, Spirits</i>, the author uses Sierra Leone as a case study to contribute to the debates on the causes and nature of mineral resource conflicts in Africa. Unlike many works that focus on the political economy and politi...

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主要作者: Akiwumi, Fenda A. (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2024.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.12638981
書本目錄:
  • Cover
  • Halftitle Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction: Culture in Commodity Chains
  • Conceptual Model of a Culture-Centered Mineral Commodity Chain
  • Methodology
  • 2 Sierra Leone's Global Incorporation Through Mining
  • Indigenous Artisanal Mining
  • Mining in the Colonial and Postcolonial Eras
  • 3 Cultural Difference: Policy and Legislative Dilemmas
  • Ordinances and More Ordinances
  • Cultural Resistance and Illicit Mining as Protest
  • 4 Sacred Places: Local Ontology Meets Global Capital
  • 5 Strangers, Environment, and Livelihoods
  • Environmental Deterioration from Mining
  • Women Own the Water-Cultural Disruption and Scoop-Net Fishing
  • Mining Regulations and Cultural Sensitivity
  • 6 Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Mining
  • We Are the People Here: Land Rights, Hiring Practices, and CSR
  • Women, Children, and Mining
  • 7 Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.