BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2024//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2024 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240919T040800 UID:euroseas-2024-historicizing-chinese-labour-in-southeast-asian-mining-mobilities-networks-and-practices SUMMARY:Historicizing Chinese Labour in Southeast Asian Mining: mobilities, networks and practices LOCATION:REC A2.12 DESCRIPTION:The intensifying Chinese mining investment across contemporary Southeast Asia has stimulated deeper historical inquiries into the intercon nections between mining histories and Chinese labour in the region. This cr oss-border conversation brings in two perspectives: Regional dynamics and c ommunity organisation on the ground, with a particular focus on ‘Chinese’ a ctors, their social networks, mobilities, and practices. \n\nThis panel exp lores the diversity of dynamics of Chinese mining labour in precolonial Sou theast Asia as well as under colonial rule. Yunnanese miners in imperial Vi etnam, Hakka mining communities in British Malaya, other diverse Chinese mi grants in insular Southeast Asia – the patterns of governance and organisat ion of mining sites, and the inherent sociopolitical and socioeconomic dyna mics, deserve closer empirical scrutiny. These case studies would also addr ess broader conceptual questions, such as how extractive activities defined communities’ relations with the environment, and how Chinese mines (re)pro duced institutional particularities (for example, monetary regulations and miners’ associations). \n\nWe invite researchers interested in historical m igration routes from ancient mining sites in China to new mining frontiers in Southeast Asia, corresponding transfers of labour capital and technical skills, and the sociocultural dynamics of the emerging, culturally diverse mining communities. We will discuss how these transboundary historical proc esses entail socio-spatial reconfigurations, and how they inform present-da y patterns of mobility and investment in the Southeast Asian mining sector. URL:https://euroseas2024.org/panels/historicizing-chinese-labour-in-southeast-asian-mining-mobilities-networks-and-practices DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240724T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240724T173000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR