BOOM2DUST

Researching how three prosperous mines in Southern Africa went from collecting ore to collecting dust

5 year project • run by professor J.b. Gewald • Funded by NWo and ascl • 5 year project • run by professor J.b. Gewald • Funded by NWo and ascl • 5 year project • run by professor J.b. Gewald • Funded by NWo and ascl • 5 year project • run by professor J.b. Gewald • Funded by NWo and ascl •

3 CITIES IN Southern africa

About the project

There are three industrial mining centres in southern Africa that once stood at the forefront of imperial expansion; Kimberley (South Africa), Kabwe (Zambia), and Tsumeb (Namibia). Once they promised modernity, progress and economic development, but now they are bedevilled by the toxic legacy of economic collapse, societal upheaval and environmental ruin. “Boom to Dust” will research and write the post-humanist multi-species environmental histories of these three industrial mining centres between 1870 and 2020.

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