EXEMPLIFYING ACCUMULATION BY DISPOSSESSION: MINING AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES |
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Authors: | William Holden Kathleen Nadeau R Daniel Jacobson |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, Email: wnholden@ucalgary.ca;2. Department of Anthropology, California State University San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA, 92407 USA, Email: knadeau@csusb.edu;3. Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4 Canada, Email: dan.jacobson@ucalgary.ca |
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Abstract: | Using a case study from the Philippines, this article applies David Harvey's theory of accumulation by dispossession to show how neoliberal policies enable mining corporations to locate, lay claim to, and develop mineral resources in formerly inaccessible areas, which for centuries have provided safe haven for indigenous peoples and their cultures. It explains why these factors are leading to an increase in armed conflict between military forces and guerrilla groups, which recruit their members from displaced indigenous people. The article concludes that the theory of accumulation by dispossession offers an appropriate analytical tool for understanding these processes. |
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Keywords: | accumulation by dispossession indigenous peoples militarization mining Philippines primitive accumulation |
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