Project Profile: Gold Matters
Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Multi-Actor and Trans-Regional Perspective
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Eleanor Fisher, University of Reading, United Kingdom |
| Partners: | Marjo de Theije, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Michael Schnegg, University of Hamburg, Germany Cristiano Lanzano, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Sweden Peter Hochet, Insuco Foundation for Social Science Research, Burkina Faso Lucia da Costa Ferreira, Campinas State University, Brazil Sabine Luning, Leiden University, Netherlands Robert Pijpers, University of Oslo, Norway Peter Pels, Leiden University, Netherlands Wayne Modest, VU University Amsterdam and Research Center for Material Culture, Netherlands Alizeta Ouedraogo, Insuco Foundation for Social Research in Africa, Burkina Faso Tatiane Marine, NAP Mineração, Brazil Giorgio de Tomi, NAP Mineração, Brazil Samira El Saifi, Campinas State University, Brazil Margaret Tuhumwire, Environmental Women in Action for Development, Sweden Ronald Twongyirwe, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, United Kingdom Hannelore Verbrugge, University of Leuven, Belgium Nii Obodai, Insuco Foundation for Social Science Research, Ghana Luigi Arnaldi di Balme, Insuco Foundation for Social Science Research, Burkina Faso |
| Sponsors: | São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Netherlands Swedish Research Council, Sweden Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom International Social Science Council |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Multi-Actor and Trans-Regional Perspective |
| Full Call Title: | T2S2016 |
| Website: | http://www.gold-matters.org |
Why?
| Project Objective: | The aim of this research is to consider whether and how societal transformation towards sustainable mining futures can take place in ASGM. This includes critically reflecting on what sort of sustainability this might involve, for whom, and how. To examine whether it is possible to achieve sustainable futures in mining regions, we put forward the concept of gold lifeways to better conceptualize sustainability dynamics. Questions the proposal seeks to answer: 1. How can sustainable mining futures develop out of the existing dynamics of gold lifeways? 2. How do different ASGM actors frame the - sustainable / unsustainable – effects of mining on people, economy and the natural environment? 3. How can focusing on societal transformations to sustainability within gold lifeways contribute to: (a) better governance of more sustainable ASGM; and, (b) improved wellbeing, quality of life and gender equality for miners and local communities? 4. How can modes of communication be developed that incorporate diverse visions of sustainability, including by gold miners, to identify empirically informed, yet more imaginative vistas for sustainable futures in gold lifeways? |
| Call Objective: | T2S has two major objectives: To develop understanding of and promote research on transformations to sustainability which are of significant social, economic and policy concern throughout the world and of great relevance to both academics and stakeholders; To build capacity, overcome fragmentation and have a lasting impact on both society and the research landscape by cultivating durable research collaboration across multiple borders, disciplinary boundaries, and with practitioners and societal partners. This includes facilitating the development of new research collaborations with parts of the world which are not often involved in large-scale international research efforts, notably low- and middle-income countries. |
Where?
| Regions: | Africa, South America |
| Countries: | Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania, Uganda |
When?
| Duration: | 46 months |
| Call Date: | July 6, 2017 |
| Project Award Date: | 2018 |
