@article{fdi:010065368,
  title = {{A}nthropology and the mining arena in {N}ew {C}aledonia : issues and positionalities},
  author = {{L}e {M}eur, {P}ierre-{Y}ves},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the last 25 years, the mining sector has become an important field of investigation and controversy for anthropologists. {A}s an object, the mine' itself poses specific problems that make it particularly fertile ground for the exploration of inextricably linked theoretical, methodological, ethical, and political issues. {I}n this paper, {I} explore the issue of the positionality of anthropologists within the mining arena. {T}he analysis of positionality is taken beyond an individual perspective focusing on ethics, engagement and responsibility, to additionally include discussions of networking, alliance-building and institutionalising processes. {I} shall begin by dealing with the problems posed by the anthropology of mining and the various perspectives that respond to it. {I}n the second section, {I} narrow the focus to the case of {N}ew {C}aledonia. {I}n the third section, {I} present the context and challenges associated with the discussed cases. {I} portray the cases in question and, in particular, the new arena represented by the {N}ational {C}entre for {T}echnological {R}esearch ({CNRT}) {N}ickel and its {E}nvironment', an agency established in 2008 to fund research on nickel in {N}ew {C}aledonia. {T}he analysis in terms of a hybrid' forum of this arena will be complemented by the consideration of the social demand for the anthropology of mining. {I}n the concluding section, the paper outlines options for further research while stressing the need for a balanced, symmetrical' approach of the multiple actors' agendas constitutive of the mining arena.},
  keywords = {{M}ining ; {A}pplied ; fundamental anthropology ; {P}ositionality ; {S}cience-society interface ; {N}ew {C}aledonia ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nthropological {F}orum},
  volume = {25},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {405--427},
  ISSN = {0066-4677},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1080/00664677.2015.1073141},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065368},
}