1. Using the Case of Resource Extraction in Mongolia to Interpret the Bakken Formation of North America Erdenet Copper Mine, Mongolia Oil Wells in North Dakota

2. What are your images of East Asia?

3. Historical? Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea

4. Urban, High-Tech and Crowded? Busan, South Korea Tokyo, Japan

5. Politically Charged? The DMZ from the South Korean Side

6. Pop Culture? Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan Japanese manga goods

8. China Beijing Olympics Shanghai, China

10. Mongolia!…Mongolia?

12. Outline Background to Mongolia The physical environment Brief overview of the history and culture: A sense of place The case of mining Group exercises Being resource rich: A blessing or curse? Oil in North America

13. Mongolia 2.8 million people 1/3 live in Ulaanbaatar 95% Mongol (Kazakh and Tuvan minorities) Language is Mongolian Buddhist 45%, non-religious 45% 45% in herding, 35 million livestock Basketball in UB

14. Cashmere goats and factory near Ulaanbaatar

15. The Physical Environment

16. The Steppes

19. Milking a horse A diet high in meat, even in the cities Traditional dairy products

20. Modern ger Wrestling Solar panel

21. Nomadic Life on the Steppes Could you hack it? Why? Why not? Possible positives and negatives?

22. A Quick Cultural History of Mongolia Chinggis (Genghis) Khan≈12 th Century The Great Wall of ChinaC. Khan memorial near UB

23. Mongolia in the Cold War 1924-1992: Mongolian People’s Republic Soviet influence more than Chinese on economics, education and infrastructure Cyrillic Vodka very popular Chinggis Khan brand vodka

24. Post-Cold War 1990-2000 Soviet support ends Severe economic hardship Plus many droughts and hard freezes in the 2000s Whole herds starve, livelihoods gone Rapid urban migration January (3˚F max to -17˚ min) Strain on air quality

25. Strain on municipal servicesGer among apartments Ger camps on the edge of Ulaanbaatar Problems, problems...But!

26. “Mine-golia” The Great Hope? Estimated $1.3 trillion in untapped mineral assets! Copper, coal, gold, tungsten Mining exports: $1.3 billion (2007) to 2.3 billion (2010) Minerals now over 80% of all exports This is predicted to rise to near 100%! Many of these resources destined for China A blessing, right?

27. Resource Curse? What is it?

28. Positives and Negatives for Mongolia Group work Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia

30. Thinking about North America The Bakken formation Where is it? What is happening there? Find and read at least 3 newspaper articles on positive and/or negative changes to the people and places of the Bakken Relate those changes to/challenge the ideas presented in readings on the resource curse Continued on next slide

31. Thinking about North America A blessing, a curse, or both? 1-2 page reflective journal entry Oil wells in North Dakota at the heart of the Bakken formation

32. Thanks

33. Cultural Diffusion: Kimchi Korean national dish Kimchi in an Ulaanbaatar supermarket