L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone
The idea of earning “easy money” is one of the reason that attracts diamond seekers in the mines of Sierra Leone. Only few miners, however, are successful and actually enrich themselves. In this paper I deal with the issue of how to make sense of those ritual practices and religious ideas that aris...
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The idea of earning “easy money” is one of the reason that attracts diamond seekers in the mines of Sierra Leone. Only few miners, however, are successful and actually enrich themselves. In this paper I deal with the issue of how to make sense of those ritual practices and religious ideas that arise among miners to explain the wealth acquired by colleagues through non-trasparent and occult means.
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| spelling | doaj.art-95e719a02633415cb9f1bdb8f4b72e952024-02-26T00:01:56ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762014-04-0121L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra LeoneLorenzo D'Angelo0Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano The idea of earning “easy money” is one of the reason that attracts diamond seekers in the mines of Sierra Leone. Only few miners, however, are successful and actually enrich themselves. In this paper I deal with the issue of how to make sense of those ritual practices and religious ideas that arise among miners to explain the wealth acquired by colleagues through non-trasparent and occult means. https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/88Moneyoccult economySierra Leonediamond mining |
| spellingShingle | Lorenzo D'Angelo L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone EtnoAntropologia Money occult economy Sierra Leone diamond mining |
| title | L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone |
| title_full | L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone |
| title_fullStr | L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone |
| title_full_unstemmed | L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone |
| title_short | L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone |
| title_sort | l economia occulta dei soldi facili tra i minatori di diamante della sierra leone |
| topic | Money occult economy Sierra Leone diamond mining |
| url | https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/88 |
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