Ghana Field Research & Training

Mining practices in Ghana continue to have tremendous harmful impacts on people’s livelihoods, while at the same time becoming, for many, the most viable means of economic survival. Recent attempts to deal with the issue have faced systemic challenges. http://ow.ly/uWMv30pe05L

Ghana’s battle with illegal artisanal and small-scale mining Visit the post for more.

The Ghana Fieldschool is just one of the possibilities Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University offers. Join online expert panel to learn more about the programme and ask all your questions on 13 June, 3PM (1PM GMT) on Youtube:

Meet-up with Cultural Anthropology During this webinar student ambassador Wilke, student Lena and study adviser Taco will answer all frequently asked questions of new and potential students of...

Voor zijn intrigerende eerste documentaire ging Ben naar . In dat land zat hij tussen zijn elfde en zestiende op een kostschool, nadat hij daarvoor het grootste deel van zijn jeugd met zijn moeder in België had doorgebracht. Veel van zijn Ghanese klasgenoten van toen houden zich tegenwoordig bezig met sakawa : een curieuze mengvorm van traditionele, West-Afrikaanse religieuze - – ook wel aangeduid als – en moderne met . Lijkt jou een naar sakawa iets? http://ow.ly/ftTR30o0pTu

Interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah on (in Dutch NRC). Ghanaian/English/American Appiah is -amongst others- Prof. in Philosophy at Princeton University, and Chief of the Ashanti. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/11/30/je-moet-je-identiteit-vederlicht-dragen-a2862330

Power outages are experienced by many Africans, and it is a problem in Ghana too. A Minority member on Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, says that Ghana "has enough resources to provide adequate power, and the irregular power situation is a clear indication of the government’s mismanagement of these resources." 'Politics' is obviously an area well researched by anthropologists, but did you know there is also something like 'the anthropology of fuels'? Would you rather research politics or energy-use patterns?
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REMINDER: Want to know more about the specialisation 'Policy in Practice' or want to ask questions about the Ghana Field Research & Training programme? Join Sabine Luning from 10:45 - 11:00!

Next week is the Master's Open Day! Sabine Luning will tell you more about the specialisation Policy in Practice (Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University) from 10:45 – 11:00. You can combine the Ghana FR&T with the specialisation of your choice. The other specialisations are Visual Ethnography and Global Ethnography. Visit Sabine Luning and ask her all about the specialisation and of course the Ghana programme! (You can get a fancy flyer too!)

In need of some research inspiration? Read this blog on the potential of failure and ccooperation! http://ow.ly/Yvwq50jrlQs

Pablo Cabada & Sylvia van Oevelen did research in the mining town of Tarkwa on goldmining and water governance. They did their fieldwork as interns with , an engineering firm in need of knowledge about social aspects of water management. The two built excellent contacts with gold miners and policy makers during their three months stay and their research led to a joint publication in the top academic journal AFRICA! Theses: http://ow.ly/ovZ250jqRfw & http://ow.ly/B5qs50jqRfu

Mara Lin Visser did research in the neighborhood of in Accra. As a student in the specialisation she made a film about , dressing styles and . Her film ‘Unity: scapes of ’ was widely praised and shown at different film festivals, e.g. RAI Film Fest and . As an intern Museum Volkenkunde, she had the task to commission dresses with tailors for the exhibition “Things that Matter” Tropenmuseum. These commissions served as innovative research method. Want to know more? Here you can read her thesis: http://ow.ly/wjQe50jqQVI and here you can see her film: http://ow.ly/OeSk30lODow