Anthropology in the Mining Industry Community Relations after Bougai
This book outlines how Rio Tinto—one of the world’s largest miners— redesigned and rebuilt relationships with communities after the rejection of the company during Bougainville’s Civil War. Glynn Cochrane recalls how he and colleagues utilized their train
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Anthropology in the Mining Industry
Glynn Cochrane
Anthropology in the Mining Industry Community Relations after Bougainville’s Civil War
Glynn Cochrane University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-50309-7 ISBN 978-3-319-50310-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50310-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016959270 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover design by Samantha Johnson Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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After five years in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate as a district officer and a district commissioner, Glynn Cochrane completed his DPhil in social anthropology at Oxford University in 1968 and then taught at the Maxwell Graduate School of Syracuse University where he became a department chair and a tenured full Professor of Anthropology and Public Administration. He was the first Director of a Cooperative Agreement between the Maxwell School and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Local Revenue Administration, which conducted research in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In 1973 Cochrane wrote a report at the request of the World Bank as to how anthropology could be used in overseas lending operations. Those recommendations were accepted and resulted in the first anthropologists being hired by the Bank. In 1974 he made recommendations on the use of anthropology and wrote Social Soundness Analysis (SSA), for USAID. A number of anthropologists were hired and SSA is still in use. He also helped to develop USAID’s Development Studies course. In the 1980s and 1990s Cochrane lived and worked in Papua New Guinea as World Bank Advisor on Public Service reform; in the Cook Islands as United Nat
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