In 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world.
In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem Mining as either good or bad, Under Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropological prism to consider larger issues related to Arctic extraction, globalization, Indigenous rights, and ethical consumption..
By situating contemporary Diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community.
Through an ethnographic focus on Everyday Life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development.
Bell examines the effects of Diamond Mining on an increasingly diverse Northern population.
In Under Pressure, anthropologist Lindsay A.
Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities.
In 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world
