PLACER MINING FOR GOLD IN CALIFORNIA
CONTENTS 1 REFRAMING THE DEBATE ON INFORMAL MINING SECTION ONE: HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS AND VALUE?MAKING 2 ARTISANAL GOLD-RUSH MINING AND FRONTIER DEMOCRACY: JUXTAPOSING EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA AND ASIA 3 TANZANITE: COMMODITY FICTION OR COMMODITY NIGHTMARE? 4 AGRARIAN DISTRESS AND GEMSTONE MINING IN INDIA: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SURVIVAL 5 THE SOCIAL ECOLOGY OF ARTISANAL MINING: BETWEEN ROMANTICISATION AND ANATHEMA SECTION TWO: PRECARIOUS AND GENDERED LABOUR 6 THEORISING TRANSIT LABOUR IN INFORMAL MINERAL EXTRACTION PROCESSES 7 A GOOD BUSINESS OR A RISKY BUSINESS: HEALTH, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN SMALL-SCALE MINERS IN PNG 8 RICE, SAPPHIRES AND CATTLE: WORK LIVES OF WOMEN ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINERS IN MADAGASCAR 9 IS IT POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT INTO MECHANISED GOLD PROCESSING? A METHODOLOGY FOR ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING COMMUNITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES 10 RESOURCES AND RESOURCEFULNESS: GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESILIENCE IN ARTISANAL MINING TOWNS OF EASTERN CONGO SECTION THREE: CONFLICTS AND GOVERNANCE 11 HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY OF GOLD-MINING IN THE NILGIRI–WAYANAD REGION OF INDIA 12 CONFLICTS IN MARGINAL LOCATIONS: SMALL-SCALE GOLD-MINING IN THE AMAZON 13 SMALL-SCALE GOLD-MINING: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS IN POST-CONFLICT COLOMBIA 14 MUDDY RIVERS AND TOXIC FLOWS: RISKS AND IMPACTS OF ARTISANAL GOLD-MINING IN THE RIVERINE CATCHMENTS OF BOMBANA, SOUTHEAST SULAWESI (INDONESIA) 15 ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING GOVERNANCE: THE ‘EMERGING ISSUE’ OF ‘UNREGULATED MINING’ IN LAO PDR 16 REASSEMBLING INFORMAL GOLD?MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY? OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITS TO FORMALISATION IN INDIA, INDONESIA AND LAOS POSTSCRIPT