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Title Gold, friction and resistance in a globalised land system
Full text http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/26499; http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/25826
Date 2022
Author(s) Pedersen, Anna Frohn; Nielsen, Jonas Østergaard; Friis, Cecilie
Abstract In land system science (LSS), the globalisation of land use is often understood via trade flows. Fewer studies have explored the power asymmetries and local resistance that shape global connections. Consequently, calls for a deeper engagement with power and agency have been made within LSS. To accommodate this, we engage the ethnographic literature on encounters, emphasising the concepts of resistance and friction. These capture the ways actors position themselves in global systems, resist, and create global connections. To illustrate its relevance for land systems, we use qualitative data from the mining sector of Tanzania, highlighting the emergence of resource nationalism as an alternative form of globalisation (alter-globalisation). We argue that a focus on resistance, friction and alter-globalisation can move LSS towards a deeper engagement with power and agency in global flows, revealing the competing actors, values and visions embedded in land systems. - Peer Reviewed
Subject(s) Land system science (LSS); resistance; friction; gold mining; Tanzania; 301 Soziologie und Anthropologie; ddc:301
Language eng
Publisher Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Type of publication article; doc-type:article; publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Rights (CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Identifier 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2063958; urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/26499-5; 1747-4248
Repository Berlin - Humboldt University of Berlin
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