Underground and Underwater Mining: State Extractivism and the Socio-ecological Transformations of Socialist Bulgaria
Science, Technology, & Human Values
Published online on March 03, 2026
Abstract
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This paper examines two types of extractive activities: an underground gypsum exploitation and the extraction of sand and gravel from the Danube riverbed. Through long-term ethnographic fieldwork, access to local archives, and the use of geographic tools, ...
This paper examines two types of extractive activities: an underground gypsum exploitation and the extraction of sand and gravel from the Danube riverbed. Through long-term ethnographic fieldwork, access to local archives, and the use of geographic tools, ...