Psychosociology of a Population Awaiting Industrial Development of the Mining Type

Abstract

A number of cognitive, structural and infrastructural subtleties provide ample information on the thinly veiled manifestation of the "mining town" stature. These include: formative options in the field of acquisition of bookish, technological and conceptual knowledge and the level of entrepreneurial culture of the players, the standard of living of the majority, the quality of infrastructures, among others. The clues paving the way for this consecration remain non-existent in NGAOUNDAL. Bauxite was discovered here in 1906, and will be mined on an industrial scale on part of the town's territory. In view of this exploitation, this town should stand out differently from the others. The mindset of the population needs to be rebuilt. Sociology in particular is capable of using an empirical approach to explain the above analogies. Documentary research, interviews and observation are mobilised for this work. The methodological individualism of Raymond Boudon and Max Weber will guide our exercise. Four results were obtained. - The damaging effects of psychosocial stagnation in a population. - The harmful impact of old routines in terms of hoping for a different outcome. - The psychosocial itinerary of people and its effects on industrial transformation. - The skills and initiatory paths that is essential in a mining context.