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1media/NMNH_baloji_thumb.jpg2023-03-06T19:38:05-08:00Eden Gooldc32dc902c338ab3b48296f4b18566dab1b21abe1424525Beloji’s series Memoire/Kolwezi focuses on mining sites of colonial times to the present day that focuses on artisanal mining extraction; which is the most practice of survival for Congolese miners. The mining industry is an extremely unstable sector and is in no way treated as reliable source of income. As a result of the reduction in business and low metal prices most Congolese workers turned to unregulated and artisanal mining. Due to the unregulated nature, miners are hardly visible, Baloji photos reveal the mining landscapes and the miners that live and work there. In the photographs that workers are hardly visible and are usually covered in dirt or lost in the landscape depriving them of visibility and humanity. Artisanal mining is dangerous and often associated with a high level of displacement In this case unless you are an expert, usually knowledge of Congolese mines, the people the mine them, and the materials that come from them. The importance of these workers and the conditions they experience are not as visible. But the way that Sammy Baloji depicts these mines, the image of neocolonialism is very powerful.full2023-05-10T12:27:16-07:00Jewsiewicki, Bogumil, and Allen F. Roberts. 2016. “Leaving Ruins: Explorations of Present Pasts by Sammy Baloji, Freddy Tsimba, and Steve Bandoma.” African Arts 49 (1): 6–25. https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy-bc.researchport.umd.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,uid&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.24720706&site=eds-live&scope=site.2005Eden Gooldc32dc902c338ab3b48296f4b18566dab1b21abe1
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