کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6460244 | 1361825 | 2016 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- This 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.
Combining 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.
Journal: Journal of Rural Studies - Volume 47, Part A, October 2016, Pages 108-116