Accumulation by Dispossession and Hazardscape Production in Postcorporate Gold Mining Itogon, Philippines

Ocampo, Lou Angeli; Schmitz, Serge

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Accumulation by Dispossession and Hazardscape Production in Postcorporate Gold Mining Itogon, Philippines

Ocampo, Lou Angeli; Schmitz, Serge

2023 • In Geographical Research, 61 (1), p. 44-57

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Hazarscape; Political ecology; Small scale gold minig; Philippines

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[en] The paper investigates the experience of a gold mining community after corporate mining activities ceased and were replaced by informal subcontract small-scale mining in the Philippines. Drawing on David Harvey’s ‘accumulation by dispossession and Daanish Mustafa’s hazardscape, we consider the lasting effects of dispossession upon the establishment of the first commercial mines in the Philippines as experienced by traditional miners. Despite the closure of mining operations, mineral lands remain privately owned, resulting in the persistence of legal land dispossession among local small-scale gold miners. Mining activities continue as small-scale miners are still able to access abandoned mines through subcontract mining. Subcontract mining changed the source of capital that funds mining activities from mining corporation to rent-seeking small-scale mining financiers, but the new economic relations still benefit from the capitalist logic of low natural resources and labor value.

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Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège

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Human geography & demography

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Ocampo, Lou Angeli; University of the Philippines Diliman > Geography

Schmitz, Serge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (Laboratoire pour l'analyse des lieux, des paysages et des campagnes européennes LAPLEC) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères

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Accumulation by Dispossession and Hazardscape Production in Postcorporate Gold Mining Itogon, Philippines

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February 2023

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Geographical Research

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1745-5863

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1745-5871

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Wiley, Australia

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44-57

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1. No poverty
3. Good health and well-being
11. Sustainable cities and communities
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions

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Local Adaptation, Resilience & Interpretation of Socio-Natural Hazards and Environment Management in the Philippines

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ARES CCD - Académie de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur. Coopération au Développement [BE]

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