The becoming of coal mining and the security around it: The case of Colombia

Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen

The becoming of coal mining and the security around it: The case of Colombia

Publikation: Working paper › Forskning

Abstract

This DIIS Working Paper elaborates how local consent to a huge industrial mining complex, including a port and a 150 km railway built in the 1980’s on indigenous arid lands, were created. Showing how both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ security technologies were effective in preparing the complex, constructing the necessary infrastructure and securing the operation, the paper at the same time illustrates how corporate security practices have changed over time in the northern part of Colombia.

The paper is based on extended ethnographic fieldwork in La Guajira, Colombia, carried out through 2018 and 2019 as well as historical written documents.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsessted	København
Udgiver	Institut for Internationale Studier / Dansk Center for Internationale Studier og Menneskerettigheder
Sider	1-37
Antal sider	37
ISBN (Elektronisk)	97887-7236-021-8
Status	Udgivet - jan. 2020

Navn	DIIS Working paper
Nummer	2020/07
ISSN	0904-4701

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