ISBN:
9781487548278
,
9781487548216
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 172 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Teaching culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bell, Lindsay A. Under Pressure
DDC:
338.27820971
Keywords:
Diamond mines and mining
;
Diamond mines and mining Social aspects
;
Diamond mines and mining Economic aspects
;
Indigenous peoples
;
Ethnology
;
Hay River (N.W.T.) Social conditions
;
Hay River (N.W.T.) Economic conditions
Abstract:
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
