
Under Pressure
Diamond Mining and Everyday Life in Northern Canada
Lindsay A. Bell(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 20. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-4875-4821-6 (ISBN)
Description
In 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In Under Pressure, anthropologist Lindsay A. Bell examines the effects of diamond mining on an increasingly diverse northern population.
Through an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community. In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, Under Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropological prism to consider larger issues related to Arctic extraction, globalization, Indigenous rights, and ethical consumption.
Through an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community. In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, Under Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropological prism to consider larger issues related to Arctic extraction, globalization, Indigenous rights, and ethical consumption.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
4 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w maps
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-4821-6 (9781487548216)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lindsay A. Bell is an assistant professor of anthropology at Western University.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Nation
3. Race
4. Infrastructure
5. Mobility
6. Morality
7. Aspiration
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
2. Nation
3. Race
4. Infrastructure
5. Mobility
6. Morality
7. Aspiration
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index