Gold mining on the French-Brazilian Borders: Connections between Legal and Illegal
Keywords:
illegalisms, Brazil-France border, illegal gold mining, gold-digging, OiapoqueAbstract
Based on surveys, focus groups, interviews, and ethnographic insertions, the paper analyzes the clandestine gold mining that attracts Brazilians to French Guiana, highlighting their connections with legal activities in Oiapoque. We seek to understand the assemblages that enable the smuggling of French gold, its insertion in the Brazilian market and the relations intertwined in this universe, involving licit and illicit activities. We see the gold rush that leads Brazilians to cross the border as a social network that encompasses human and non-human subjects and connects the Guyanese Amazon with international markets.Published
2019-07-23
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