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The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners

SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human by Chip Colwell

May 27, 202534:57Science & Medicine

The gold industry, alongside nation-states, has marginalized the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector for decades, but now things seem to be changing. The industry has realized that engaging with the ASM sector...

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The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners is an episode from SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human by Chip Colwell. The gold industry, alongside nation-states, has marginalized the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sec...

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Published May 27, 2025, 34:57 long, audio available.

The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners

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