TY - JOUR

T1 - Gold, friction and resistance in a globalised land system

T2 - the case of Tanzania

AU - Frohn Pedersen, Anna

AU - Nielsen, Jonas Østergaard

AU - Friis, Cecilie

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - In land system science (LSS), the globalisation of land use is often understood via trade flows. Fewer studies have explored the power asymmetries and local resistance that shape global connections. Consequently, calls for a deeper engagement with power and agency have been made within LSS. To accommodate this, we engage the ethnographic literature on encounters, emphasising the concepts of resistance and friction. These capture the ways actors position themselves in global systems, resist, and create global connections. To illustrate its relevance for land systems, we use qualitative data from the mining sector of Tanzania, highlighting the emergence of resource nationalism as an alternative form of globalisation (alter-globalisation). We argue that a focus on resistance, friction and alter-globalisation can move LSS towards a deeper engagement with power and agency in global flows, revealing the competing actors, values and visions embedded in land systems.

AB - In land system science (LSS), the globalisation of land use is often understood via trade flows. Fewer studies have explored the power asymmetries and local resistance that shape global connections. Consequently, calls for a deeper engagement with power and agency have been made within LSS. To accommodate this, we engage the ethnographic literature on encounters, emphasising the concepts of resistance and friction. These capture the ways actors position themselves in global systems, resist, and create global connections. To illustrate its relevance for land systems, we use qualitative data from the mining sector of Tanzania, highlighting the emergence of resource nationalism as an alternative form of globalisation (alter-globalisation). We argue that a focus on resistance, friction and alter-globalisation can move LSS towards a deeper engagement with power and agency in global flows, revealing the competing actors, values and visions embedded in land systems.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - Land system science

KW - Resistance

KW - Friction

KW - Gold mining

KW - Tanzania

U2 - 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2063958

DO - 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2063958

M3 - Journal article

VL - 17

SP - 609

EP - 628

JO - Journal of Land Use Science

JF - Journal of Land Use Science

SN - 1747-423X

IS - 1

ER -