Anthropology in the Mining Industry
Subtitle: Community Relations after Bougainville's Civil War
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Apr 04, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9783319503097
Description: This book outlines how Rio Tinto redesigned and rebuilt relationships with communities after the rejection of the company during Bougainville?s Civil War. Glynn Cochrane recalls how he and colleagues utilized their training as social anthropologists to help the company to earn an industry leadership reputation and competitive business advantage by establishing the case for long-term, on the ground, smoke-in-the-eyes interaction with people in local communities around the world, despite the appeal of maximal efficiency techniques and quicker, easier answers. Instead of using ready-made, formulaic toolkits, Rio Tinto relied on community practitioners to try to accommodate local preferences and cultural differences. This volume provides a step-by-step account of how mining companies can use social anthropological and ethnographic insights to design ways of working with local communities, especially in times of upheaval.
Notes: Source title: Anthropology in the Mining Industry: Community Relations after Bougainville's Civil War