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From Dearth to El Dorado: Andean Nature, Plate Tectonics, and the Ontologies of Ecuadorian Resource Wealth by Kneas, David

“…Since the early 1990s, the Ecuadorian government has pledged to convert the nation into a “mining country” of global standing. Contemporary claims of mineral…”
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After-Eden: Narratives of Nature, Degradation, and Poverty in Amazonian Discourse by Kneas, David M.

“…In this article, I consider the environmental narratives of an Amazonian expedition at the turn of the 21st century, called Amazon Quest, a seemingly novel…”
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Placing resources: Junior mining companies and the locus of mineral potential by Kneas, David

“…Ideas of resource becoming have become prominent across scholarship in resource geography over the past two decades. In this article, I link processes of…”
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Emergence and Aftermath: The (Un)Becoming of Resources and Identities in Northwestern Ecuador by Kneas, David

“…ABSTRACT Along the peripheries of mineral exploration, resources come and go, defined by periods of presence and absence. Though recent scholarship on…”
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Cattle in the cane: class formation, agrarian histories, and the temporalities of mining conflicts in the Ecuadorian Andes by Kneas, David

“…A recurring question within literature on resource conflicts is how to explain the origins of local opposition. Many studies begin with the arrival of mining…”
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Gaming empire: Confidence tricksters and the reinvention of self in the 1930s by Kneas, David

“…Cyril von Baumann was an imposter. Throughout the 1920s, he pretended to be a medical doctor in the United States. As his deception was increasingly uncovered,…”
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Subsoil abundance and surface absence: a junior mining company and its performance of prognosis in northwestern Ecuador by Kneas, David

“…Spectacle and performance have long characterized global mining investment. In this paper, I examine the performative strategies of a junior mining company…”
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Translating Tierra Baldía: Land, Landscape, and the Becoming of Frontier Terrain in Northwestern Ecuador by Kneas, David

“…This article analyses the creation of a remote parish in the Intag region of northwestern Ecuador in 1940 as a way to explore the articulation and enactment of…”
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Necessary illusions: Fetishism and the becoming of subsoil resources by Kneas, David

“…•Considers ideas of fetishism within literature on resource materiality.•Analyzes the prevalence of fetishism within Ecuador’s mining industry.•Explores the…”
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Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of Infrastructure by Carse, Ashley, Kneas, David

“…Infrastructures have proven to be useful focal points for understanding social phenomena. The projects of concern in this literature are often considered…”
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Chest Hair and Climate Change: Harrison Ford and the Making of "Lost There, Felt Here" by Kneas, David

“…The fast-paced thirty-second commercial was a public service announcement (PSA) created by New York-based BBDO, the renowned advertising agency famous for…”
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Unbuilt and Unfinished by Carse, Ashley, Kneas, David

“…Infrastructures have proven to be useful focal points for understanding social phenomena. The projects of concern in this literature are often considered…”
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Substance and Sedimentation: A Historical Ethnography of Landscape in the Ecuadorian Andes by Kneas, David M

“…This dissertation is a historical ethnography of an ongoing conflict over proposed copper mining in Intag, an agrarian cloud forest region on the northwestern…”
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Mining Capitalism: The Relationship between Corporations and Their Critics by Kneas, David

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Book Reviews by Hébert, Karen, Mullenite, Joshua, Sabharwal, Alka, Kneas, David, Irena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon, Peter van Dommelen, Hu, Cameron, Hammons, Brittney, Zaretsky, Natasha

“…TSING, Anna Lowenhaupt. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins BIGGS, Reinette, Maja SCHÜLLER, and Michael L…”
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Book Reviews by Hébert, Karen, Mullenite, Joshua, Sabharwal, Alka, Kneas, David, Connon, Irena Leisbet Ceridwen, Dommelen, Peter van, Hu, Cameron, Hammons, Brittney, Zaretsky, Natasha

“…TSING, Anna Lowenhaupt. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins BIGGS, Reinette, Maja SCHÜLLER, and Michael L…”
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Book Reviews by Hébert, Karen, Mullenite, Joshua, Sabharwal, Alka, Kneas, David, Connon, Irena Leisbet Ceridwen, Dommelen, Peter van, Hu, Cameron, Hammons, Brittney, Zaretsky, Natasha

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