Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalising it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid
Software developers are increasingly having conversations about software development via online chat services. Many of those chat communications contain valuable information, such as description of code snippets and APIs, opinions on good programming practices, and causes of com…
This research examines the political ecological processes that drive and resist extractivism. I use socio-ecological theory, mixed methods, and interdisciplinary critical analysis to better understand how El Salvador became the only country in history to ban metal mining. Though…
The Inyo Mountains in Inyo County, California are an arid mountain range located between the eastern Sierra and Death Valley National Park. The study site is ca. 433 sq. km (167 sq. mi), ranging in elevation from 549 to 2955 m (1800 to 9694 ft), and comprises the southern extent…
Coal has been one of the main sources of energy in the world. The coal waste that is produced through coal extraction and processing is typically stored in form of slurry in tailings impoundments. The static and dynamic stability of these impoundments are of great importance, as…
Çalışma kapsamında 2011-2018 yılları arasında Aizanoi antik kentinde yapılan çalışmalarda ele geçen buluntular, nekropolis hariç diğer sektörler temel alınarak incelenmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra Kütahya Arkeoloji Müzesi’nde yer alan ve yine Aizanoi antik kentinden 1978-2018 yılları …
This thesis is a study of the processes involved in the making, unmaking and potential remaking of a Pacific phosphate island. It is a history of Makatea, an uplifted coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), mined by a French private company from 1908 to 1966 a…
The Amungme and Kamoro managed their environments for thousands of years in what is now Papua, Indonesia. In the late 1960s, seeking foreign capital to boost the nation’s economy, the president of Indonesia signed a contract with Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold, which by 1988 b…
Leadville is among Colorado’s most historic cities, but to date has engaged only fitfully with historic preservation. The city lies at the heart of the Mineral Belt, a 250 mile-long, high altitude geologic hotspot holding rich precious and industrial metals spread across Colorad…
This dissertation examines the unique natural philosophy that Georgius Agricola presented in his comprehensive mining text, De re metallica (1556). Agricola deliberately made rhetorical choices in order to make his version of natural philosophy engage a certain readership. Agric…
The Cochise porphyry copper deposit, owned by Freeport-McMoRan, is located outside of Bisbee, Arizona, immediately northeast of the historic Lavender pit. This supergene deposit is one of the few known unmined chalcocite blankets in North America and thus is a valuable natural g…
As a child, I often listened to my father’s stories of his boyhood in 1950s Czechoslovakia; adventures taking place in the narrow cobblestoned streets of his hometown or near the fields and lakes of his grandparents’ village. I never met any of his family. And by the time I was …
Water is essential for human subsistence. Stable freshwater supplies are needed as a source of food, drinking water, for transportation, recreation and economic development. Despite their recognized importance, anthropogenic activities have altered freshwater ecosystems around t…
The Yellow Pine Mining District, located in central Idaho, has produced nearly 900,000 ounces of gold and significant amounts of silver (> 2.5 million ounces), antimony (50,000 tons) and tungsten (845 K units). Midas Gold Inc., who is currently exploring the district, has def…
Mining is a dangerous activity that can cause environmental damage to flora and fauna due to the utilization of heavy metals. Ecuador has a long history of mineral extractions and nowadays the activity is increasing in many parts of the country. Environmentalists state that chem…
This thesis looks at an archaeological assemblage from a domestic feature on the Island Mountain site in northeastern Nevada. The site was a Chinese mining settlement active in the late 1800s until the turn of the century. While the community declined after the mining economy we…
Residents in mining towns of the U.S. West face a troubling quandary in their attempts to preserve historical evidence of their town’s industrial past, because that evidence threatens their health. The 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CE…
