A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Voices from below: Artisanal- and small-scale mining as a product and catalyst of rural transformation
AbstractCombining secondary evidence from a growing body of literature on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) with primary oral history evidence from the Southern Philippines, this article zooms in on the relationship between ASM-expansion and wider processes of rural transformation. It is argued that a future research agenda should devote more critical attention to documenting and analyzing (1) the complexity and heterogeneity of the ASM-phenomenon; (2) the role and anatomy of (informal) labour markets in the sector; (3) the ways in which the ASM-sector becomes embedded in rural sociopolitical structures, and how this affects who benefits from ASM-expansion.
HighlightsThis article interrogates the relationship between ASM and rural transformations.Existing research emphasizes the economic and livelihoods dimensions of ASM.ASM is both poverty-driven and a platform for wealth creation.ASM becomes embedded in rural sociopolitical structures.Oral histories are a powerful instrument for analyzing these issues.
Voices from below: Artisanal- and small-scale mining as a product and catalyst of rural transformation
AbstractCombining secondary evidence from a growing body of literature on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) with primary oral history evidence from the Southern Philippines, this article zooms in on the relationship between ASM-expansion and wider processes of rural transformation. It is argued that a future research agenda should devote more critical attention to documenting and analyzing (1) the complexity and heterogeneity of the ASM-phenomenon; (2) the role and anatomy of (informal) labour markets in the sector; (3) the ways in which the ASM-sector becomes embedded in rural sociopolitical structures, and how this affects who benefits from ASM-expansion.
HighlightsThis article interrogates the relationship between ASM and rural transformations.Existing research emphasizes the economic and livelihoods dimensions of ASM.ASM is both poverty-driven and a platform for wealth creation.ASM becomes embedded in rural sociopolitical structures.Oral histories are a powerful instrument for analyzing these issues.
Voices from below: Artisanal- and small-scale mining as a product and catalyst of rural transformation
Verbrugge, Boris (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 47 ; 108-116
2016-07-23
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English