Gold Matters: Visualizing Mining Worlds

Eleanor Fisher; Sabine Luning; Nii Obodai Provençal; Luciana Massaro; Marjo de Theije

Gold Matters: Visualizing Mining Worlds

Eleanor Fisher, Sabine Luning, Nii Obodai Provençal, Luciana Massaro, Marjo de Theije

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A book of photographs that centre on visualizing mining worlds, notably the worlds of artisanal and small-scale gold miners working in the Brazilian and Surinamese Amazon, and in parts of West and East Africa. Often this gold mining is portrayed in negative, stereotyped, and homogenizing ways. Since miners typically operate in the shadows of the law, their lifeways are remote from the public eye. Visualization by means of photgraphy helps bring to light the diversity of mining terrains and the close connections between miners and these terrains. Images presented in the book are the result of collaboration with gold miners for a project "Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: Trans-Regional and Multi-Actor Perspectives" (2018-2022).

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Uppsala
Publisher	The Nordic Africa Institute
Number of pages	207
ISBN (Print)	9789171068897
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Africa, Amazon, Art, Artisanal & Small-scale Mining (ASM), Gold, Photographs, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary, Transformation, Visual Methods

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Gold Matters: Visualizing Mining Worlds

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GOLD MATTERS: Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Multi-Actor and Trans-Regional Perspective

Transformations to sustainability: Processes, practices, and pathways

Gold Surprises Us

Balancing economic development and environmental responsibility: Perceptions from communities of garimpeiros in the Brazilian Amazon

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GOLD MATTERS: Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Multi-Actor and Trans-Regional Perspective

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Transformations to sustainability: Processes, practices, and pathways

Gold Surprises Us

Balancing economic development and environmental responsibility: Perceptions from communities of garimpeiros in the Brazilian Amazon

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