The becoming of coal mining and the security around it: the case of Colombia

Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen

The becoming of coal mining and the security around it: the case of Colombia

Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen

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Abstract

This DIIS Working Paper elaborates how local consent to a huge industrial mining complex, including a port and a 150 km railway built in the 1980’s on indigenous arid lands, were created. Showing how both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ security technologies were effective in preparing the complex, constructing the necessary infrastructure and securing the operation, the paper at the same time illustrates how corporate security practices have changed over time in the northern part of Colombia.

The paper is based on extended ethnographic fieldwork in La Guajira, Colombia, carried out through 2018 and 2019 as well as historical written documents.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Number of pages	37
ISBN (Electronic)	97887-7236-021-8
Publication status	Published - 2021

Series	DIIS Working Paper
Number	07
Volume	2020

Keywords

coal mining
Security technologies
Colombia
Latin America

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