The research group History of Capitalism and the project Creative IPR are holding the second workshop on the history of geosciences and rights. Leading specialists will present their papers and projects grounded in the historical method. A roundtable will focus on issues of databases and sources for the history of mining, including patents taken for the mining industry.
Program:
- 09:00 - 09:30: Coffee
- 09:30 - 09:45: Welcome and Introduction (Véronique Pouillard, Marius Buning, Kristin Ranestad)
- 09:45 - 10:15: Espen Storli - Historical Process of Price-Setting Mechanisms for Natural Resources
- 10:15 - 10:45: Pål Thonstad Sandvik - Getting to Denmark: The Scandinavian or Nordic Approach to Land Policy, 1780-1930
- 10:45 - 11:15: Steinar Sæther - The Value of Gold for Scandinavian Miners in the California Gold Rush 1848-1860
- 11:15 - 11:35: Discussion
- 11:35 - 12:35: Lunch
- 12:35 - 13:05: David Pretel (TBC)
- 13:05 - 13:35: Bernardita Escobar Andrae - Innovation in the South Under a Strong Patent Regime: The Case of Chile in the 1877-1910 Period
- 13:35 - 14:05: Israel G. Solares and Ted Beatty (TBC)
- 14:05 - 14:25: Discussion
- 14:25 - 14:45: Coffee break
- 14:45 - 15:15: Sebastian Felten (Zoom, TBC)
- 15:15 - 15:45: Andreas Dugstad Sanders (TBC)
- 15:45 - 16:15: Mads Ingulstad (TBC)
- 16:15 - 16:35: Discussion
- 16:35 - 16:55: Coffee break
- 16:55 - 17:25: Véronique Pouillard and Kristin Ranestad - Diamond artisanal mining and trafficking in the South Kasaï region of the Congo in decolonization times (1957-1964)
- 17:25 - 17:45: Anita Dung Hanh Ngo – short description of the Congo Patent Database
- 17:45 - 18:00: Discussion 19:00 Dinner (Tekehtopa)
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