The Speculation and Spectres of Cornish Mining: A White Gold Rush for A Green Future in Post-Brexit Britain

康沃尔矿业的投机与幽灵：脱欧后英国的绿色未来的白金热潮

• 批准号: 2597276
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2597276
• 关键词: Speculation; Spectres; Cornish; Mining; White

I am interested in the speculative lithium mining occurring in Cornwall. There is much excitement about the re-exploration of former mines which are hoped to hold significant levels of this 'white gold'- the protagonist of post-Brexit Britain's electromobility aspirations and energy transition. Dominating the re-exploration conversation are physical scientists and economic investors. Whilst they allude to the mining history of Cornwall, a critical examination of the entanglement of the pasts, presents, and futures of Cornish mining is absent. Whilst presented as an elixir for the region, the questions of what a lithium mining boom would mean for Cornish communities and environments need to be asked. My DPhil project proposes an exploration of these questions through ethnography, sitting at the intersection of literatures concerning place-making, marginality, and critical geopolitics. I also intend to use creatively written, visual, and digital storytelling outputs to engage non-academic audiences and contribute to the 're-enchantment' of geography.

我对康沃尔发生的投机性锂矿开采感兴趣。人们对重新勘探以前的矿山感到非常兴奋，这些矿山有望拥有大量的“白色黄金”-英国脱欧后英国电动汽车愿望和能源转型的主角。物理科学家和经济投资者主导了再探索的讨论。虽然他们暗指康沃尔的采矿历史，但对康沃尔语采矿的过去，现在和未来的纠缠进行了批判性的审查。虽然被认为是该地区的灵丹妙药，但锂矿开采热潮对康沃尔语社区和环境意味着什么，这个问题需要被问到。我的哲学博士项目提出了通过民族志探索这些问题，坐在有关地方，边缘化和关键地缘政治文学的交叉点。我还打算使用创造性的书面，视觉和数字讲故事的输出，以吸引非学术观众，并有助于地理的“再魅”。