{"product_id":"the-anthropology-of-resource-extraction-9780367687533","title":"The Anthropology of Resource Extraction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an overview of the key debates in the burgeoning anthropological literature on resource extraction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResources play a crucial role in the contemporary economy and society, are required in the production of a vast range of consumer products and are at the core of geopolitical strategies and environmental concerns for the future of humanity. Scholars have widely debated the economic and sociological aspects of resource management in our societies, offering interesting and useful abstractions. However, anthropologists offer different and fresh perspectives  sometimes complementary and at other times alternative to these abstractions  based on field researches conducted in close contact with those actors (individuals as well as groups and institutions) that manipulate, anticipate, fight for, or resist the extractive processes in many creative ways. Thus, while addressing questions such as: What characterizes the anthropology of resource extraction?, What\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This stellar collection digs deep into prior scholarship on resource extraction and unearths bold new agendas for future research.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuart Kirsch,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eauthor of Mining Capitalism \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A nuanced, rich account, \u003cem\u003eThe Anthropology of Resource Extraction\u003c\/em\u003e brings together leading scholars to make valuable contributions to key theoretical debates, while emphasizing the value of ethnography for understanding the practice of extraction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eleanor Fisher, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHead of Research, Nordic Africa Institute\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Anthropology of Resource Extraction\u003c\/em\u003e is certain to become a classic for scholars interested in the entangled social and environmental worlds of humans and non-renewable minerals. Taking a thematic approach to the analysis of our utter dependence upon minerals for contemporary livelihoods, this volume brings together leading scholars in anthropology to review the state of resource extraction today. Topics ranging from corporations, to the environment, to governance, to water, are treated with a fine-grained ethnographic attention to the explosion of interest in extractivism in the 21st century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJerry K. Jacka, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Anthropology of Resource Extraction: An Introduction 2\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eCorporations 3\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eDevelopment 4. Environmental Change 5. Governance 6. Materiality and Substances 7. Mineworkers 8. Positionality and Ethics 9. Sustainability 10. Technology 11. Underground 12. Water and Conflict 13. Final Reflections and Future Agendas\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018021077335,"sku":"9780367687533","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367687533.jpg?v=1750775383","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-anthropology-of-resource-extraction-9780367687533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}