Forthcoming
Past
9 June 2021
Anna Dessertine and Matthieu Bolay held a talk on the uses of space-based observations in mining governance at the "Bootcamp du Réseau Activité Minière Responsable et Développement Durable" in Nyamey (Niger)
link listen to the talk here
5 March 2021
Filipe Calvão and Matthieu Bolay held a talk at UNI3 on "Des mines aux marchés: la fabrication globale des marchandises, de l'Afrique à Genève"
link Listen to the talk here
16 February 2021
Matthieu Bolay and Filipe Calvão held a roundtable on "Dis/connection Matters: Natural, Synthetic, Digital" at the anual meeting of the Swiss Association for the Studies of Science, Technology and Society (STS-CH).
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8 October 2020
Matthieu Bolay held a talk on "Gold: circulation of people, material and regulations" at the Radboud University, Nijmegen.
21 July 2020
Filipe Calvão, Matthieu Bolay and Brian Brazeal hosted the pannel of the Anthropology of Mining Network at the EASA biannual conference in Lisbon on "Futures of mining: Technological frontiers and new extractive and institutional geographies"
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16 July 2020
Matthieu Bolay was interviewed at RTS on the issues related to traceability in the gold trade.
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21 November 2019
Brian Brazeal and Filipe Calvão hosted a panel on "Gradients of the Illicit: Labor, Mobility, and Futures of Mining and Trading Minerals and Metals" at the 2019 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting. Matthieu Bolay presented a paper in the panel.
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18 September 2019
Matthieu Bolay held a talk on "The Construction of Transparency on Gold Provenance: "Responsible Initiatives" and the Redrawing of a Public Secret's Boundaries" at the University of Luzern.
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12 June 2019
Together with Matthew Archer (Copenhagen Business School), Filipe Calvão and Matthieu Bolay hosted a panel on "Ethical certification between traceability and transparency: the future of digital technologies in Africa" at the 8th European Conference on African Studies in Edimburgh.
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7 May 2019
Filipe Calvão held a talk on "Digital Work in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities" at the Graduate Institute, including on digital traceability systems in the artisanal mining sector.
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15 January 2019
Matthieu Bolay held a talk on "L’évolution de l’orpaillage en Afrique : de nouvelles dynamiques à l’œuvre" at the workshop "L’évolution de l’orpaillage en Afrique : de nouvelles dynamiques à l’œuvre" organized by GEMDEV at University of Paris 8.
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4 December 2018
Filipe Calvão and Matthieu Bolay talked about "African Futures: Digital labor and Blockchain Technology" at the EPFL Digital Futures Network day.
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14 November 2018
Brian Brazeal organized a pannel on "Ethical Extraction in Discourse and Practice" at the 117th AAA Annual Meeting.
12 October 2018
Matthieu Bolay participated to the AEGIS CRG Workshop on 'Resource Extraction in Africa'. He talked about "Labour, ownership and transparency from the end-side perspective of the gold supply chain"
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16 August 2018
Brian Brazeal presented a paper on "Coercive Expertise and the Paradox of Responsible Extraction in the Global Ruby Trade" at the 15th EASA Biennial Conference.
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