TY - JOUR
T1 - Gold, friction and resistance in a globalised land system
T2 - the case of Tanzania
AU - Frohn Pedersen, Anna
AU - Nielsen, Jonas Østergaard
AU - Friis, Cecilie
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In land system science (LSS), the globalisation of land use is often understood via trade flows. Fewer studies have explored the power asymmetries and local resistance that shape global connections. Consequently, calls for a deeper engagement with power and agency have been made within LSS. To accommodate this, we engage the ethnographic literature on encounters, emphasising the concepts of resistance and friction. These capture the ways actors position themselves in global systems, resist, and create global connections. To illustrate its relevance for land systems, we use qualitative data from the mining sector of Tanzania, highlighting the emergence of resource nationalism as an alternative form of globalisation (alter-globalisation). We argue that a focus on resistance, friction and alter-globalisation can move LSS towards a deeper engagement with power and agency in global flows, revealing the competing actors, values and visions embedded in land systems.
AB - In land system science (LSS), the globalisation of land use is often understood via trade flows. Fewer studies have explored the power asymmetries and local resistance that shape global connections. Consequently, calls for a deeper engagement with power and agency have been made within LSS. To accommodate this, we engage the ethnographic literature on encounters, emphasising the concepts of resistance and friction. These capture the ways actors position themselves in global systems, resist, and create global connections. To illustrate its relevance for land systems, we use qualitative data from the mining sector of Tanzania, highlighting the emergence of resource nationalism as an alternative form of globalisation (alter-globalisation). We argue that a focus on resistance, friction and alter-globalisation can move LSS towards a deeper engagement with power and agency in global flows, revealing the competing actors, values and visions embedded in land systems.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Land system science
KW - Resistance
KW - Friction
KW - Gold mining
KW - Tanzania
U2 - 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2063958
DO - 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2063958
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 609
EP - 628
JO - Journal of Land Use Science
JF - Journal of Land Use Science
SN - 1747-423X
IS - 1
ER -