MinErAL: A Knowledge Network on Mining Encounters and Indigenous Sustainable Livelihoods
Thierry Rodon will speak at the international conference The Mineral Arctic: Imagination, Communication and Practices, organized by the Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco–UVSQ (MIARC), in collaboration with the UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Cultures and History (ARCH) and the UArctic Regional Centre for Continental Europe at UVSQ.
- Talk title: Arctic Extractivism: Myths, Minerals, and the Making of Territory
- Date: Thursday, 9 October 2025
- Time: 10:15–11:00 (local time)
- Venue: Villa Panhard, Science Campus, UVSQ, Versailles (France)
- Event: Conference The Mineral Arctic: Imagination, Communication and Practices (8–10 October 2025)
This talk is part of a multidisciplinary program dedicated to the imaginaries, communications, and practices surrounding Arctic minerals—stones and rocks considered both as material and as concept. Echoing the work of Jean Malaurie, the presentation examines how minerals shape representations, knowledge systems, economies, and power relations from Antiquity to the “long nineteenth century.” It brings Indigenous and European perspectives into dialogue, addressing knowledge transmission, cultural negotiation, colonial territorial formation, artistic and scientific practices, and the co-production of knowledge.