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We would like to invite all who are interested to attend our upcoming "Mining across Generations" conference to be held at CRASSH,
Cambridge, on 15-17 January 2009. The conference focuses on the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of metals and precious stones
like gold, silver, tin, diamonds, and sapphires. ASM is a fast growing informal industry that provides a source of livelihood for over 100
million men, women and children across the world. The conference will explore how artisanal and small-scale mining practices, beliefs, and
social forms are reproduced and transformed among different generations and through history. The keynote lecture will be given by
June Nash (CUNY) and papers will be presented by international scholars in anthropology, geography, history, and political and
environmental science working in Africa, South America, and the Pacific. Speakers include Filip de Boeck (Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven), Marjo de Theije (VU Amsterdam), Maria del Rosario (Columbia), Jeannette Graulau (CUNY), Jamon Halvaksz II (University of Texas),
Gavin Hilson (Reading), Jesper Bosse Jonsson (Copenhagen), Roy Maconachie (Manchester), Carmen Salazar-Soler (EHESS), Andrew Walsh
(University of Western Ontario), and Katja Werthmann (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz). Discussants include Tony Crook (St.
Andrews), Keith Hart (Goldsmiths), Jonathan Parry (LSE), and Tristan Platt (St. Andrews). The conference will be accompanied by a
photography exhibition on small-scale mining in Africa and a discussion panel on fair-trade gold involving panelists from
charities, universities, and international development organizations.
We encourage everyone to register for this conference, which will provide a unique opportunity to discuss and consolidate a topic that
has so far remained under-researched, despite its timeliness and global importance.
The website and registration link for the conference is:
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/551/
Any questions can be directed to the conference organizers, Mette M.
High ([log in to unmask]) and Daniele Moretti ([log in to unmask]).
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