How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative Study
In this study, we aim to understand how the factors associated with gold mining projects affect the level of resistance of local communities against gold mining. Unlike previous research that claimed that the objectively observable features of mining projects directly affect the level of resistance,...
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| description | In this study, we aim to understand how the factors associated with gold mining projects affect the level of resistance of local communities against gold mining. Unlike previous research that claimed that the objectively observable features of mining projects directly affect the level of resistance, we argue from a post-structuralist perspective that objective features can affect resistance only as they are articulated in anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Based on this premise, we compare the features of the Artvin-Cerrattepe, Eşme-Kışladağ, Menderes-Efemçukuru and İliç-Çöpler projects between 1994 and 2010 by associating them with anti-mining and pro-mining discourses as well as resistance levels. Our comparison shows that the features of projects, such as the mining company’s country of origin, the use of cyanide, the value of the mine for the company, the proximity of the mining site to settlement areas, its topographic location, and the income level of locals that the mining site directly impacts, affect the level of resistance only through the meanings that they take in the anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Our study also reveals that the resistance level is unrelated to the kind of mineral, mining quarry, or grade. Our study contributes to the relevant literature by offering both a theoretical framework that relates the characteristics of mining projects to the level of local resistance in a novel way, as well as three influential project characteristics neglected in the literature – the mining company’s country of origin, the value of the mine for the company, and the mining site’s topographic location. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3d32c078e38f42c18c370ca565ac505e2025-08-20T03:52:47ZdeuIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi2667-69312022-12-0142249352410.26650/SJ.2022.42.2.0061123456How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative StudyŞükrü Özen0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3618-3171Hayriye Özen1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5476-176Xİzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, Izmir, Turkiyeİzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, Izmir, TurkiyeIn this study, we aim to understand how the factors associated with gold mining projects affect the level of resistance of local communities against gold mining. Unlike previous research that claimed that the objectively observable features of mining projects directly affect the level of resistance, we argue from a post-structuralist perspective that objective features can affect resistance only as they are articulated in anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Based on this premise, we compare the features of the Artvin-Cerrattepe, Eşme-Kışladağ, Menderes-Efemçukuru and İliç-Çöpler projects between 1994 and 2010 by associating them with anti-mining and pro-mining discourses as well as resistance levels. Our comparison shows that the features of projects, such as the mining company’s country of origin, the use of cyanide, the value of the mine for the company, the proximity of the mining site to settlement areas, its topographic location, and the income level of locals that the mining site directly impacts, affect the level of resistance only through the meanings that they take in the anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Our study also reveals that the resistance level is unrelated to the kind of mineral, mining quarry, or grade. Our study contributes to the relevant literature by offering both a theoretical framework that relates the characteristics of mining projects to the level of local resistance in a novel way, as well as three influential project characteristics neglected in the literature – the mining company’s country of origin, the value of the mine for the company, and the mining site’s topographic location.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/90CA7242630E4F29848C4D3D37D3DBEDprotest movementlocal resistancegold miningdiscoursepost-structuralism |
| spellingShingle | Şükrü Özen Hayriye Özen How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative Study İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi protest movement local resistance gold mining discourse post-structuralism |
| title | How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative Study |
| title_full | How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative Study |
| title_fullStr | How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative Study |
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| title_short | How do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance among Local Communities? A Comparative Study |
| title_sort | how do the characteristics of gold mining projects affect the level of resistance among local communities a comparative study |
| topic | protest movement local resistance gold mining discourse post-structuralism |
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