The Anthropology of Precious Minerals

Herausgeber: Ferry, Elizabeth; Walsh, Andrew; Vallard, Annabel

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on a Wenner-Gren international workshop, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, this book addresses the complexity of human-mineral engagements through ethnographic case studies and anthropological reflections on different people and the minerals they deem ‘precious.’

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781487503178
• ISBN-10: 1487503172
• Artikelnr.: 58124153

Autorenporträt

Edited by Elizabeth Ferry, Annabel Vallard, and Andrew Walsh

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Engaging Precious Minerals
Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard
Part One: Engaging Mineral Sources
Introduction to Part One: Scrappers, Miners, and Hunters
Susan D. Gillespie
1. "Check Out That Gold-Plated Board!" Scrapping Cellphones and Electronics
in North America
Joshua A. Bell
2. What Is "Artisanal" about "Artisanal Mining"? Reflections from
Madagascar’s Sapphire Trade
Andrew Walsh
3. The Value and Social Lives of Alpine Crystals
Gilles Raveneau
Part Two: Mineral Connections
Introduction to Part Two: Making Preciousness: Distinction and Refraction
Elizabeth Ferry
4. When Stones Become Gems: Valuations of Minerals in Thailand
Annabel Vallard
5. Transparent Minerals and Opaque Diamond Sources
Filipe Calvão
6. Gold, Ontological Difference, and Object Agency
Les W. Field
Afterword: Facets of Preciousness
Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard
Contributors
Index