Corporate Science (Poster)
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2015-04-09
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Stuart Kirsch is professor of anthropology
at the University of Michigan. He works in
the Pacific and the Amazon on indigenous
rights and the environment, conducting
long-term research and advocacy with the
people living downstream from the Ok Tedi
mine in Papua New Guinea. Author of
numerous books and article, Kirsch’s most
recent book, Mining Capitalism: The
Relationship between Corporations and
their Critics, examines how corporations
respond to critique. His work on indigenous
land rights and the environment includes
compensation for damage caused by
nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall
Islands, conservation and development
in the Lakekamu River Basin of Papua
New Guinea, and mining and property
rights in the Solomon Islands. Professor
Kirsch has also collaborated with
Amerindian communities in Guyana and
Suriname on several projects concerning
indigenous land rights and mining. Hosted by CAPA and
Co-Sponsored by Environmental Studies.
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Posters, Paupa, New Guinea, Ok Tedi mine, Mining--Paupa, New Guinea