Raf Custers

Research with GRESEA : raw materials, mining, so-called "global value chains", commodification/assetisation of the city -- Born 1954, Hasselt, Belgium -- Master Contemporary History, KU.Leuven, 1980 -- Journalism, radio, tv, press, online -- Writer (contribution to Wit over Zwart 1991, own books : Blinde Cargo 1996, Media-Activisme 2004, Grondstoffenjagers/Cazadores de materias primas 2013-2017, De uitverkoop van Latijns Amerika 2016) -- Documentary filmmaker (Congo : war, politics, mining, Inga dam, railway infrastructure... ; Bolivia : lithium ...)