The Global Life of Mines

Mining and Post-Mining in Comparative Perspective

Antonio Maria Pusceddu, Filippo M. Zerilli

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English

Berghahn Books
01 July 2024

Social & cultural anthropology; Mining industry; Mining technology & engineering

Series: Dislocations

Resource extraction exists in diverse settings across the world and is carried out through different practices. The Global Life of Mines provides a comprehensive framework examining the spatial and temporal relationships between mining and postmining as interrelated and coexisting features within the global minescape. The book brings together scholars from various fields, such as anthropology, geography, sociology and political science, examining ethnographic case studies throughout the Americas (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, USA), Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Europe (Italy, Arctic Norway and Spain).

Edited by: Antonio Maria Pusceddu, Filippo M. Zerilli
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781805395911
ISBN 10: 1805395912
Series: Dislocations
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 01 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Introduction: Timescapes of Extraction Antonio Maria Pusceddu and Filippo M. Zerilli Chapter 1. Frontier Spaces in the Arctic and the Andes: The Miner, the Smuggler and Performances of (Post)extractivism Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard *This chapter is is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) with support from the University of Bergen Chapter 2. Technological Promises of ‘Green’ Extractivism in Historical Minescapes: Narratives and Materiality of Mining Revival in Andalusian Wastelands Doris Buu-Sao Chapter 3. Unearthing the Buried Past of Brazil’s Former Gold Mines Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos Chapter 4. How Industrial and Artisanal Extraction Shape a City: On Urban Planning Flaws, Encroaching Open Pits and Backyard Mining in a Congolese Mining Town Kristien Geenen Chapter 5. Mining Life Cycles and Indigenous Land Dispossession in North America: A View from the American West Paul White Chapter 6. Contentious Legacies: Post-Mining and Heritage-Making in the Italian Alps Roberta Clara Zanini Chapter 7. Uranium Mining in New Mexico: Global Entanglements, Earth Relations, and Awkward Ways Targol Mesbah Afterword: What’s to Come: Mining in a Fevered World David Kideckel

Antonio Maria Pusceddu is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Anthropological Research (CRIA), University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Recent publications include Southern Chronicles: The Political Ecology of Class in the Italian Industrial Periphery (Capitalism Nature Socialism, 2022) and Grassroots Ecologies of Value: Environmental Conflict and Social Reproduction in Southern Italy (Antipode, 2020).

Reviews for The Global Life of Mines: Mining and Post-Mining in Comparative Perspective

“The book is well-designed and well-situated within the literature … It will provide a valuable comparative resource on two aspects of mining less frequently discussed – the comparisons across space and time and the post-mining context.” • Elizabeth Ferry, Brandeis University