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DESCRIPTION:Gisselle Vila Benites\, Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow in
  the Department of Global Development\, Cornell University.&nbsp\;This pre
 sentation examines community engagement with small-scale alluvial mining i
 n tropical regions. It addresses two core questions: How do landscape tran
 sformations influence community decisions to integrate the mining economy?
  And to what extent do these transformations shape choices regarding minin
 g formalization?Applying a mineral ecologies framework\, which analyzes co
 mmunity governance adaptation to mining-induced and environmental changes\
 , I identify that flexible mining deposits (waste mounds\, ponds\, and int
 ermittent lands) and ethnic territorial claims&nbsp\;motivate formalizatio
 n as a means to strengthen communal authority over fluctuating minerals an
 d aquatic bodies. This presentation is part of the fall 2025 Colloquium se
 ries sponsored by the Geography and the Environment Department.
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SUMMARY:Mineral Ecologies: Formalization\, Alluvial Mining and Territorial 
 Struggles in Latin America
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Gisselle Vila Benites\, Cornell Atkinson Po
 stdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Global Development\, Cornell Univer
 sity.&nbsp\;</p><p>This presentation examines community engagement with sm
 all-scale alluvial mining in tropical regions. It addresses two core quest
 ions: How do landscape transformations influence community decisions to in
 tegrate the mining economy? And to what extent do these transformations sh
 ape choices regarding mining formalization?</p><p>Applying a mineral ecolo
 gies framework\, which analyzes community governance adaptation to mining-
 induced and environmental changes\, I identify that flexible mining deposi
 ts (waste mounds\, ponds\, and intermittent lands) and ethnic territorial 
 claims&nbsp\;motivate formalization as a means to strengthen communal auth
 ority over fluctuating minerals and aquatic bodies. </p><p>This presentati
 on is part of the fall 2025 Colloquium series sponsored by the Geography a
 nd the Environment Department.</p>
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