Hugo Quemin, Antoine Latarge, Kaarina Efraim, Marie Emilie Forget, Mélanie Duval
{"title":"The Rough Hand of the Market. Extracting Semi-Precious Stones in Namibia for Global Supply Chains","authors":"Hugo Quemin, Antoine Latarge, Kaarina Efraim, Marie Emilie Forget, Mélanie Duval","doi":"10.4000/15f9h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/15f9h","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how semi-precious stone supply chains in Namibia are territorially embedded and integrated into global markets. It highlights the local dynamics of artisanal extraction in the Erongo region and analyzes the requalification processes that transform these stones as they move from extraction to circulation. The study is based on fieldwork conducted between 2023 and 2025 in the mining sites of Xoboxobos and Tubusis, combining participant observation and interviews with miners, intermediaries, and small-scale mining professionals. It first explores the territorialization of mining practices, then examines the role of intermediaries in the circulation of semi-precious stones, and finally interrogates the mechanisms of deterritorialization that integrate these resources into global supply chains. By jointly mobilizing the concepts of extractive territoriality and scalability, this article shows how the local anchoring of semi-precious stone extraction in Namibia structures market dynamics. It also reveals how supply chains adjust their procurement practices to integrate into global circuits.","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"55-56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147913425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-19DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.11160
Fabien Tarrit
{"title":"Frontières de fer. Le cloisonnement du monde","authors":"Fabien Tarrit","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.11160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.11160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115215048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.11049
El Hadj Bara Dème, E. Sow, Lovelie Licette, Nogaye Dia, P. Failler
{"title":"Femmes et transformation artisanale des poissons pélagiques au Sénégal : un secteur à bout de souffle","authors":"El Hadj Bara Dème, E. Sow, Lovelie Licette, Nogaye Dia, P. Failler","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.11049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.11049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115696664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.10840
Rhoumour Ahmet Tchilouta
{"title":"Les stratégies de gestion des frontières du Niger à l’ère de l’externalisation des politiques migratoires de l’UE : vers des frontières itinérantes ?","authors":"Rhoumour Ahmet Tchilouta","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.10840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.10840","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121518170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.11119
Edgar Belmont Cortés, Mónica Ribeiro Palacios
{"title":"Le modèle urbano-industriel et l’émergence de nouveaux conflits métropolitains. Le cas de la ville de Querétaro, au Mexique","authors":"Edgar Belmont Cortés, Mónica Ribeiro Palacios","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.11119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.11119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114342133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.10981
Camille Cassarini
{"title":"Making trafficking, negotiating protection: scales, actors and challenges of a transnational mobility control system (Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire)","authors":"Camille Cassarini","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.10981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.10981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132786218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.10874
Sofia El Arabi
{"title":"The governance of sub-Saharan migration through the prism of spatial dispersal policy in Morocco","authors":"Sofia El Arabi","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.10874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.10874","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131718718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.10825
F. Boyer, Stéphanie Lima, Harouna Mounkaïla
{"title":"Après le Sommet de la Valette, quelles pratiques et politiques migratoires en Afrique ?","authors":"F. Boyer, Stéphanie Lima, Harouna Mounkaïla","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.10825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.10825","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114689058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L’Espace PolitiquePub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.4000/espacepolitique.10931
Atsu Venunye Bassah
{"title":"Les « retours volontaires » de l’OIM à partir du Niger : un dispositif approprié par les migrants ?","authors":"Atsu Venunye Bassah","doi":"10.4000/espacepolitique.10931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.10931","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":147969,"journal":{"name":"L’Espace Politique","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123982081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}