Miles Ogborn
Miles Ogborn is a human geographer at Queen Mary, University of London.
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@milesogborn.bsky.social on 'Tropical Leviathan: Slavery, Society, and Security in Jamaica, 1770–1840', by Aaron Graham.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.09.003
by Miles Ogborn
Jamaica’s Next Big Bet: Turning Red Mud into a New Future
Jamaica Rare Earth Project (JamREP) — a values-based U.S.–Jamaica partnership convened by Rare Earth Advisors, LLC Jamaica stands at a hinge moment. For generations the island powered the world’s aluminum industry; today, the very residues of that era—vast red-mud repositories—could help power something entirely new: a clean, resilient, Caribbean-centered critical-minerals supply chain that serves Jamaica, the wider region, and the United States.
Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica, Jonathan Harris
![27 May 2025, 5:30 p.m. BST
[online only via Zoom]
A panel discussion of Adorno and the Antifascist Geographical Imagination (2025), by Chris Philo (University of Glasgow), involving:
Stuart Elden (University of Warwick)
Felicitas Kübler (Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxvnhf4dxolhngks654sysna/bafkreidfgf6vasx3pyf25e6ac5k3tovjdteifwa5k7m5tplz7ed7ro74rq@jpeg)
by Miles Ogborn
JISCO/Alpart’s Collapse: A Story of Broken Promises and Missed Opportunities
Despite soaring aluminum prices, the refinery remains shuttered—not because of U.S. tariffs, but due to unfulfilled commitments from China and Jamaica. Last Sunday, The Gleaner, Jamaica’s most widely read newspaper, published an editorial titled Trump’s Tariffs Bury Alpart. The article suggests that the failure of the Alpart Alumina Refinery in Nain, St. Elizabeth, is due to U.S. tariffs on aluminum imports from China. While it is true that the U.S. has imp…
by Miles Ogborn
Mining in Jamaica Must Respect Maroon Rights and Benefit All Jamaicans
Can the Americans do better than the "slash and burn" tactics of the Chinese and Russians? In January of 2023, the Supreme Court of Jamaica issued an injunction halting mining activities by Discovery Bauxite Partners, a joint venture between Atlantic Alumina (ATALCO) and the Government of Jamaica (GoJ), in parts of St. Ann and Trelawny. This legal order was meant to remain in ef…
by Jamaica — Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica
Queen Mary University of London, Mile End, Francis Bancroft Building Room 1.01.1.
*IN-PERSON ONLY*
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Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica, Imogen Tyler
'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism': A roundtable with @milesogborn.bsky.social, Herman L. Bennett, Kennetta Hammond Perry, Bill Schwarz and Catherine Hall.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
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Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica
Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica
Reposted by Miles Ogborn
Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica
Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica
Reposted by Miles Ogborn, Jamaica
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