Programme
9.00-11.00 Session 1: Politics
– Benjamin Rubbers, ‘Introduction. Mining booms and busts in Africa’
-Sabine Luning, ‘Underground Politics in Turbulent Times: Social Dynamics of Gold Mining Projects in Burkina Faso’
-Sylvie Capitant, ‘Gold mining boom in Burkina Faso and local impacts: the time to get its act together?’
-Eleanor Fisher, ‘Reframing ‘Crisis’ in Artisanal Gold Production for the Fairtrade Market’
11.00 -11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.30 Session 2: Historicity
-Johannes Knierzinger, ‘Mining in Guinea: Back to business as usual’
-Robert Pijpers, ‘Mining pasts & future projects in Sierra Leone: claiming gains in a landscape of expectations’
12.30-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.30 Session 3. Resettlement
-Jeroen Cuvelier, ‘Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (MIDR) in a context of uncertainty and instability: the case of ex-Katanga (DR Congo)’
-Corentin Chanet, ‘The differentiation of urban space, temporalities and identities through Mining Induced Displacement and Resettlement (MIDR): The case of New Atuabo’.
14.30-15.30 Session 4. Labour
Presentation of the WORKINMINING project by team members (Francesca Pugliese, James Musonda, Thomas McNamara, Kristien Geenen, Emma Lochery and Benjamin Rubbers)
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00 Session 5. Roundtable
Presentation of the AEGIS Collaborative Research Group “Resource extraction in Africa” by S. Luning and R. Pijpers