Garimpeiros de Ouro e Cooperativismo no século XXI. Exemplos nos rios Tapajós, Juma e Madeira no Sudoeste da Amazônia Brasileira

This article discusses: 1) who are the small scale miners in the contemporary Brazilian Amazon, how they act and what are their characteristics in comparison with other forms of mining; and 2) the informality of small scale mining in opposition to the idea of "modernization" through indust...

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Main Authors: Maria Célia Coelho, Luiz Jardim Wanderley , Reinaldo Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Confins 2017-12-01
Series:Confins
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/confins/12445