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Listening, storytelling & learning
We want to engage in conversation with all relevant actors in the context of mining for CRM – with a focus on local and Indigenous communities – to collaboratively share and listen to voices, experiences, stories, and situated knowledge on mining from diverse perspectives. Such methods of ‘storytelling’ are used to highlight diversity of experiences and knowledge and build collaborative processes of listening and learning. We aim to use these insights to improve understanding of the landscape of mining for transition minerals and how to engage different local contexts and actors.
Mapping & Visualising
As a first task, we aim to map out the complexity of the ‘green’ transition’s raw material supply problem in Europe. Thus we need to consult relevant regulations and the involved actors. Also, we need to understand the actual sites and their physical and social characteristics as well as possible conflicts around them. This is done by conducting extensive literature review and engaging relevant actors to systemize findings relevant to effective and meaningful conversations in inclusive and equitable mining decisions. We aim to visualise the complex relations and entanglements of stakeholders, political economy and geology in the field of a more just and secure way of mining for CRM.
Co-Creation: Webinars, Workshop & Research Design
We will be holding a series of webinars and a workshop in May 2024 to co-create strategies for capacity building and training for engagement in and around mining for CRM for all actor groups. A key outcome of this is the co-design of a modular research proposal on the matter. The goal is to provide teams worldwide a ready made research design for their own region that allows for large-scale cross-regional comparison based on data exchange across the teams in a ‘research commons’ format.
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