Title Socially just mining : rethoric or reality? : lessons from Peru / editors and authors, Caroline Baillie, Eric Feinblatt, Joel Alejandro Mejia, Glevys Rondon ; authors, Jordan Aitken, Rita Armstrong, Vicki Bilro, Andy Fourie, and Kylie Macpherson

Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 219 pages) : illustration Series Synthesis lectures on engineers, technology, and society, 1933-3641 ; #25 Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #25. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Mines and community engagement in Peru : communities telling their stories to improve future practice / Rita Armstrong, Caroline Baillie, Andy Fourie, and Glevys Rondon -- 3. The ineffectiveness of human rights protection mechanisms for communities affected by mining : a case study of Minas Conga in Cajamarca, Peru / Jordan Aitken -- 4. Exploring the notion of socially just mining through the experiences of five indigenous women from Latin America / Kylie Macpherson -- 5. Everyday gender violence in Peru in the context of extractive operations / Glevys Rondon -- 6. Access to remedy for indigenous communities : a case study in Amazonian Peru / Vicki Bilro -- 7. Translating values into action : what can be done? / Rita Armstrong, Caroline Baillie, Andy Fourie, and Glevys Rondon Summary In this book we consider ways in which mining companies do and can/should respect the human rights of communities affected by mining operations. We examine what "can and should" means and to whom, in a variety of mostly Peruvian contexts, and how engineers engage in "normative" practices that may interfere with the communities' best interests. We hope to raise awareness of the complexity of issues at stake and begin the necessary process of critique--of self and of the industry in which an engineer chooses to work. This book aims to alert engineering students to the price paid not only by vulnerable communities but also by the natural environment when mining companies engage in irresponsible and, often, illegal mining practices. If mining is to be in our future, and if we are to have a future which is sustainable, engineering students must learn to mine and support mining, in new ways--ways which are fairer, more equitable, and cleaner than today Analysis mining and social justice human rights defenders gender rights gender violence environmental justice Peru mining progress development conflict water contamination tailings environment land rights FPIC corporate social responsibility community Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (www.morganclaypool.com/, viewed November 19, 2020) Subject Mining engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects Mines and mineral resources -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Peru -- Case studies Environmental justice -- Peru -- Case studies Social justice -- Peru -- Case studies Social responsibility of business -- Peru -- Case studies Environmental justice Social justice Social responsibility of business Peru Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Baillie, Caroline, author, editor Feinblatt, Eric, author, editor Mejia, Joel Alejandro, author, editor Rondon, Glevys, author, editor Aiken, Jordan, author Armstrong, Rita, author Bilro, Vicki, author Fouri, Andy, author Macpherson, Kylie, author ISBN 9781681739304 1681739305 9783031021176 3031021177

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