Regions: South Slave Region
Tags: mining impacts, ethnography, diamond mining, community response
| Principal Investigator: | Hauck, Ariana L (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13974 |
| Organization: | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2006
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| Issued: | May 05, 2006 |
Project Description: The aim of this Master’s-level research project is to document local community members’ experiences in relation to diamond mining. The project will entail evaluating the perspectives of the residents of Fort Smith to understand the positive and negative effects of diamond mining on the lives of local people. Approximately twenty community members will be initially interviewed. Based on recommendations from these interviewees, other residents in Fort Smith may be approached for an interview. Written consent will be obtained from all research participants before interviews are conducted. Interviews will be audio-recorded and transcribed, and confidentiality of all participants will be maintained through the use of pseudonyms, unless participants authorize the researcher to use their real names. The findings of this study will be shared with the community of Fort Smith, Aurora Research Institute, and other interested Northwest Territories organizations. The study will be conducted in Fort Smith from May 7 to July 3, 2006.
