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Final paper is from Simon Jackson and is entitled Mining History. Great to have conference presentations addressing my very specific research interests. #NaturalResources17
Jackson: mining towns across French North Africa looks more like each other than other towns in their respective hinterlands.
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#NaturalResources17 #mininghistory
Jackson: Phosphate was extracted in Morocco in closed gallery mines with clear racialized divisions of labour underground.
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#NaturalResources17 #mininghistory
More #mininghistory now with Eric Paglia speaking on the transition in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard from a site of industrial coal mining to a place of international scientific collaboration and knowledge production #naturalresources17
Paglia: Ny-Alesund has become an example of ‘pristine’ Arctic nature, with this replacing coal as the primary natural resource and scientific activity emerging as the defining economic activity. #naturalresources17
Fascinating paper from Paglia. Most research on what happens to mining settlements after mining ends focuses on economic decline/collapse, de-urbanisation or emergence of industrial heritage tourism. #naturalresources17 #mininghistory
