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We would like to invite all who are interested to attend the upcoming Mining across Generations conference to be held at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) of the University of Cambridge on 15-17 January 2009.
The conference focuses on the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of metals and precious stones like diamonds, gold, sapphires, silver and tin. ASM is a fast growing informal industry that provides a source of livelihood for over 100 million men, women and children worldwide, but at considerable social and environmental costs. 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, Europe, Melanesia and South America. Speakers include Filip de Boeck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Marjo de Theije (VU Amsterdam), Maria del Rosario Ferro (Columbia University), Jeannette Graulau (CUNY), Jamon Halvaksz II (University of Texas), Gavin Hilson (University of Reading), Jesper Bosse Jonsson (University of Copenhagen), Roy Maconachie (University of Manchester), Carmen Salazar-Soler (EHESS), Charles Stewart (UCL), 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 discussion panel entitled: A Golden Opportunity? A Critical Examination of Fair Trade Gold and Ethical Jewellery. The event will feature presentations by John Childs (University of Manchester), Estelle Levin (Resource Consulting Services Limited), and Greg Valerio (Cred Jewellery) followed by an open discussion session.
There are few places left and we therefore encourage you to register for the conference as soon as possible.
For further information and registration please go to:
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/551/ <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/551/>
Any questions can be directed to the conference organizers, Mette M. High
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A Golden Opportunity? A Critical Examination of Fair Trade Gold and Ethical Jewelry.
We would like to invite all who are interested to attend a discussion panel on fair trade gold and ethical jewelry to be held at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) of the University of Cambridge between 5:00pm and 6:30pm on 16 January 2009.
In the current period of economic recession and volatile stock markets demand for gold has increased considerably, pushing its price above $1,000 an ounce in 2008. Around one quarter of the world's gold is mined by artisanal and small-scale miners who work with very simple tools. While this fast growing informal industry offers an important source of livelihood for millions of men, women and children throughout the world, it is also responsible for negative environmental and social impacts and for threatening the health of those who live in and around the mines. The discussion panel aims to highlight and critically assess recent fair trade and ethical initiatives that seek to increase the benefits that artisanal and small-scale miners can gain from their operations while mitigating some of their social, environmental, and health and safety risks.
The panel will be chaired by Gavin Hilson (University of Reading) and will feature a debate between three panelists followed by an open discussion session. The panelists are John Childs, who is completing a PhD on fair trade gold prospects at the University of Manchester; Estelle Levin, a Consultant and Founding Director of Resource Consulting Services Limited who specializes in the development of ethical assurance systems for minerals supply chains in the jewelry and electronics industries; and Greg Valerio, a jeweler and environmental and human rights campaigner who founded the ethical jewelry company Cred and its sister organization, the Cred Foundation, a charitable foundation that aims to assist mining communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
The discussion panel is part of the Mining across Generations conference that will be held at CRASSH, Cambridge, on 15-17 January 2009. For further information and registration please go to: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/551/ <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/551/>
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