Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Multi-Actor and Trans-Regional Perspective (ST-ASGM)

ST-ASGM项目的目标是考虑是否可以在手工和小规模的黄金开采中产生一种可持续发展的变革性方法。支持低收入和中低收入国家数百万人的生计，ASGM有潜力为17个可持续发展目标的可持续发展作出贡献。然而，负面影响会对可持续性造成严重障碍。人类学是跨学科方法的切入点，以更好地概念化ASGM的动态、不同种类的现实，并确定在这些不断变化的社会环境中实现可持续变革的潜力。利用ASGM现有的伙伴关系，这项研究构成了一个跨洲和跨国家项目的基础，该项目在7个工作包内组织，以跟踪南美洲、西非和东非之间的综合比较可持续性。为了增加全球研究工作的价值，“可持续发展对话”将提高影响力，与矿业参与者共同产生知识，从矿工自己的角度理解可持续发展。一份以战略证据为基础的总结《年度股东大会可持续未来展望》将有助于政策影响。创造性地表达人们对可持续采矿未来和建筑影响的理解，是来自加纳Nuku工作室的非洲摄影师和荷兰物质文化民族志博物馆之间令人兴奋的合作。这包括与非洲和巴西金矿矿工共同制作视觉图像，作为在西非和东非、巴西和欧洲之间巡回展览“移动的矿山也是问题”的基础。

The objective of the ST-ASGM project is to consider whether a transformative approach towards sustainability can arise in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM). Supporting the livelihoods of millions of people in low and lower middle income countries, ASGM has potential to contribute to sustainable development across the 17 SDGs. However, negative impacts generate critical barriers to sustainability. Anthropology is an entry point for an interdisciplinary approach to better conceptualize the dynamic, heterogeneous reality of ASGM and to identify potential for sustainable transformations in these shifting social settings. Capitalizing on existing ASGM partnerships, this research forms the basis for a trans-continental and trans-national project organized within 7 Work Packages for integrated comparative sustainability tracking between South America, West Africa and East Africa. To add value to global research efforts, 'Sustainability Conversations' will enhance impact, co-producing knowledge with mining actors to understand sustainability from miners' own perspectives. A strategic evidence-based summary 'Visions and Vistas for Sustainable Futures in ASGM' will contribute to policy influence. Giving creative expression to people's understandings of sustainable mining futures and building impact, is an exciting collaboration between African photographers from NUKU studios, Ghana, and the Museum of Ethnography of Material Culture, the Netherlands. This incorporates the co-production of visual images with African and Brazilian gold miners, as the basis of a travelling exhibition 'Moving Mine Matters' between West and East Africa, Brazil and Europe.