Anthropology in the mining industry : community relations after Bougainville's civil war / Glynn Cochrane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochrane, Glynn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mines and mineral resources--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Mines and mineral resources.

Rio Tinto (Group).

Rio Tinto Group.

Bougainville Crisis, Papua New Guinea, 1988-.

Mines and mineral resources--Social aspects.

Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Physical Description:

xv, 243 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

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:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.

ISBN:

331950309X

9783319503097

OCLC:

962005834