Sökning: "resource extractivism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden resource extractivism.

1. 1. Peace Without Peace? The Colombian Quest to an Everyday Without Violence

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Författare :Dominique Keizer; [2024-01-30]
   Nyckelord :Environmental peacebuilding; development; indigenous knowledge; socio-environmental conflicts; human right;

   Sammanfattning : Environmental peacebuilding (EP) as a field of study has attempted to transition from Western notions of peace and development by including ecological rights. By looking at the case of the Colombian Peace Agreement 2016 that followed EP premises, this thesis aims to question the liberal approaches to human rights and peacebuilding. LÄS MER

3. 2. Talk to the Sea: Deep-sea mining, the arts, and contesting narratives of extraction in the deep ocean.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Författare :Nicholas Frederick Olivier Lepage; [2023]
   Nyckelord :deep-sea mining; resource frontier; commodities; arts; extractivism; narratives; imaginaries.; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The deep-sea may be on the verge of becoming the latest frontier for resource extraction of critical metals and minerals in order to build renewable energy technologies such as electric vehicles. This thesis examines the narratives used by the deep-sea mining company The Metals Company to justify the extraction of polymetallic nodules from the seabed in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. LÄS MER

4. 3. Sweet and Salty: Colonial and Modern Corporate Commodity Exploitation in Northeastern Brazil

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Författare :Flavia Copia Sperandio; [2022]
   Nyckelord :modern corporation; sugar cane monoculture; coloniality; rock salt mines; extractivism; Brazil; decolonial theory; business human rights.; History and Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a historical comparative analysis of the social and environmental impacts of past colonial exploitation and the modern corporate extraction and exploitation of natural resources and commodities. The thesis examines these issues through the case studies of sugar monoculture in the Northeast region of colonial Brazil (16th and 17th Century) and the sinking of Maceió (also in Northeastern Brazil) due to the corporate exploitation of rock salt mines (1976-2019). LÄS MER

5. 4. Analysing the lack of consideration for local people’s perspectives and opinions in mining permitting approvals in Sweden  –  the case of Gállok

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Författare :Paulius Barakauskas; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Sustainable development; mine permitting; resource extractivism; environmental justice; Sámi;

   Sammanfattning : This paper uses an environmental justice framework which is expanded through decolonial theory to analyse whether the mine permitting process used by the Swedish state does justice to local people’s opinions, perspectives and cultural histories. The specific case of Gállok is chosen as it is widely known in national and international circles and therefore has potential to make long-term impact. LÄS MER

7. 5. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Författare :John Jederlund; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. LÄS MER