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SUMMARY:Research Focus Group Talk: Childhood and the Role of Adults in the Identity Formation of Children in Ghanaian Children’s Literature
DESCRIPTION:The perception of childhood seems to vary across cultures and literature is a key conveyor of cultural heritage. heritage. In this talk\, Clara Asare-Nyarko will explore childhood and the roles adults play in the identity formation of children in Ghanaian children’s literature. \nAlthough the development of children’s literature in Ghana began in the 1950s and a significant volume has been produced for young readers\, research on children’s literature in Ghana remains largely a neglected area (Yitah & Komasi\, 2009). The use of story as agent of socialisation is a conscious and deliberate process and people usually develop understanding of who they are in close relationship with the society they belong to (Stephens\, 1992; Stryker & Burke\, 2000). Using four books for young readers by Ghanaian authors and social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner\, 1979)\, this study explores childhood and the roles adults play in the identity formation of children. Childhood is often defined more by behaviour\, responsibility and societal norms rather than just age in Ghana (Kyei-Gyamfi\, 2025) and adults play prominent roles in this crucial formative period children learn to coexist and interact in a more interconnected world. \nClara Asare-Nyarko is a final-year doctoral student in the Department of English\, University of Cape Coast\, Ghana and University of Hildesheim\, Germany. She holds a Master of Arts in Translation Studies from Pan African University and ASTI in University of Buea\, Cameroon. \nZoom attendance link here \nCosponsored by the IHC’s Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group and Ghana Studies Research Focus Group
URL:https://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/research-focus-group-talk-childhood-and-the-role-of-adults-in-the-identity-formation-of-children-in-ghanaian-childrens-literature/
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CATEGORIES:Global Childhood Media,Ghana Studies,All Events,IHC Research Focus Groups
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SUMMARY:Research Focus Group Talk: Accumulation by Dispossession: The Timber Salvage Project on Ghana’s Volta Lake
DESCRIPTION:This talk draws on the timber salvage project on Ghana’s Volta Lake to theorize how accumulation by dispossession is reproduced through contemporary environmental governance. It situates salvage within the lake’s longer history of state-led development and displacement following the Akosombo Dam. Framed around sustainability\, safety\, and economic opportunity\, timber extraction reworks a shared lake space into a site of value capture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and document analysis\, the talk shows how state and corporate actors consolidate profit through restricted access and uneven benefit sharing. It traces global connections and foregrounds the inequalities and injustice enacted\, advancing debates on green grabbing and environmental justice. \nEric Tamatey Lawer is a human geographer whose research and teaching lie at the intersection of human geography and development studies. His work is grounded in the political ecology of natural resources\, examining how power\, policy\, and spatial transformations shape livelihoods and environments in Africa and beyond. \nCosponsored by the IHC’s Ghana Studies Research Focus Group\, Department of History\, Environmental Studies Program\, and Africa Center
URL:https://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/research-focus-group-talk-accumulation-by-dispossession-the-timber-salvage-project-on-ghanas-volta-lake/
LOCATION:4080 HSSB\, UC Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, 93106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ghana Studies,All Events,IHC Research Focus Groups
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