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Auteur(s) : Bell, Lindsay A.
Titre(s) : Under pressure [Texte imprimé] : diamond mining and everyday life in Northern Canada / Lindsay A. Bell
Publication : Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv-172 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Teaching culture
Lien à la collection : Teaching culture
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily
mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development
and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In Under Pressure, anthropologist
Lindsay A. Bell examines the effects of diamond mining on an increasingly diverse
northern population. Through an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River,
a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different
ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and
obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond
mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social,
cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community.
In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, Under
Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropological prism to consider larger issues related
to Arctic extraction, globalization, Indigenous rights, and ethical consumption."
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Diamond mining and everyday life in Northern Canada
Sujet(s) : Diamants -- Mines (sites d'extraction) -- Aspect économique -- Nord-ouest canadien (Canada)
Ethnologie -- Canada
Autochtones -- Droits -- Nord-ouest canadien (Canada)
Conditions économiques -- Nord-ouest canadien (Canada)
Conditions sociales -- Nord-ouest canadien (Canada)
Indice(s) Dewey :
330.971 (23e éd.) = Situation et conditions économiques - Canada
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781487548278
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47276003q
Notice n° :
FRBNF47276003
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Table des matières : Nation ; Race ; Infrastructure ; Mobility ; Morality ; Aspiration