“The Anthropology of the “Resource Curse.” World and Russian experience in assessing the social impact of the extractive industry on local communities” - course 15,000 rubles. from MSU, training 8 weeks. (4 months), Date: December 3, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 06, 2023
The program is aimed at gaining knowledge about various types of social interactions in areas of extraction and production of resources vital for the economy and the conflicts that arise in this regard; about the composition of participants and the nature of the involvement of various parties in the interaction; about different approaches to studying and resolving conflicts and best practices used by the parties involved.
The term "resource curse" has become widespread, but its meaning varies somewhat across social sciences. It is most often used by economists to refer to the paradox of plenty: a situation in which a country rich in minerals, able to make significant profits by their production and sale, improving its economic position, finds itself in a less advantageous position (socially, economically, politically) than states that do not have large resource stocks.
In anthropology, situations of the “resource curse” are considered more closely, not on a macro scale, but on a local level, precisely in those places where mining directly occurs. Our focus is on the social impacts experienced by local people (including indigenous groups) from the production of oil, gas, coal, as well as how the interaction of authorities, local groups and extractive companies.
Issues of the impact of industrial development are particularly acute when the interests of indigenous groups are affected. Similar situations arise not only in Russia, but also in many other countries where mining is actively being developed. One of the tasks of applied anthropology is to study the interaction practices of stakeholders, as well as impact assessment procedures (including ethnological examination) in the context of [planning] mining fossils.
During the course we will look at the problems of building relationships between local communities, government agencies and mining companies. companies, and also turn to Russian and international experience in assessing the impact on indigenous groups and ethnological examination. These topics seem to us to be especially relevant in the light of the preparation of the federal law on ethnological examination and the implementation of the Concept of sustainable development of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East, as well as in conditions of special attention to the development of the Arctic and Far East.
Form of study
Part-time
Scope of the program (academic hours)
Total - 32
Classroom - 32
Admission Requirements
Availability of higher or secondary vocational education
Address
119192, Moscow, Lomonosovsky prospect, no. 27, building 4, Faculty of History, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Lomonosovsky Prospekt