Gladys Akom Ankobrey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1255142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gladys Akom Ankobrey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gladys Akom |
| FAMILY NAME | Ankobrey |
| SIGNATURE | ANKOBREY G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maastricht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5946-3294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reversing and expanding the gaze: Intergenerational transfers from people in the Global South to migrant background youth in the Global North
Intergenerational transfers (IGTs) in the context of migration studies are mostly conceptualized as material transfers, such as remittances, flowing from migrants to their relatives who remain at home. Studies on children and youth who remain in the origin country while their parents migrate also tend to focus on such material transfers and on the same directionality of flows. In this study, we reverse and expand the gaze by focusing on immateria…
Transnational resources through trajectories and temporalities of migrant youth mobility between Ghana and Europe
Research on migrant youth makes two longstanding assumptions: that they are immobile following their own or their parents’ migration and that their resource environments are confined to their country of residence. Recent investigations of transnational youth mobility question both assumptions, showing that migrant youth – including the first and second generations – are highly mobile, and that their mobility has multiple impacts on their lives. T…
Following the 'hype: The role of leisure practices during 'homeland' visits in transnational youth's way of relating to Ghana
Drawing on 17 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands and Ghana, this paper combines 'return' mobilities literature and youth studies to analyse the role of leisure practices during 'homeland' visits in transnational youth's way of relating to Ghana when they are entering into adulthood. Using the notion of mobility trajectories, the paper shows that leisure practices facilitate young people's ability to establish and renew intimate t…
Giving back' through mobility trajectories: Motivations for engaging in development encounters in Ghana among transnational youth
Literature on diaspora engagement in development activities has centred on the contributions of migrating adults to the 'homeland', which range from private transfers to single households, to community development projects. While such studies often focus on the impact of such activities on the country of origin, relatively few have focused on what transpires during development encounters and how this affects migrants', and especially young people…
Why Are You Not Crying?’: Understanding Young People’s Transnational Engagements through Funeral Visits to Ghana
This article analyses the ways in which young people with a migration background develop their own transnational engagement with their or their parents’ country of origin. Drawing on 17-months of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands and Ghana, we add to the emerging literature on ‘return’ mobilities by analysing young people of Ghanaian background, irrespective of whether they or their parents migrated, and by looking at an under…
Lived Afropolitanism: Beyond the Single Story
It has been several years since the term “Afropolitanism” was coined and instigated an intense debate in both the offline and online world. Although Afropolitanism is celebrated for highlighting positive depictions of Africa, it has also been criticised for its supposedly exclusive and elitist focus. Several scholars have distinguished Afropolitanism from Pan-Africanism by framing it as the latter’s apolitical younger version. Following the discu…
Giving back' through mobility trajectories: Motivations for engaging in development encounters in Ghana among transnational youth
Literature on diaspora engagement in development activities has centred on the contributions of migrating adults to the 'homeland', which range from private transfers to single households, to community development projects. While such studies often focus on the impact of such activities on the country of origin, relatively few have focused on what transpires during development encounters and how this affects migrants', and especially young people…
Transnational resources through trajectories and temporalities of migrant youth mobility between Ghana and Europe
Research on migrant youth makes two longstanding assumptions: that they are immobile following their own or their parents’ migration and that their resource environments are confined to their country of residence. Recent investigations of transnational youth mobility question both assumptions, showing that migrant youth – including the first and second generations – are highly mobile, and that their mobility has multiple impacts on their lives. T…
Following the 'hype: The role of leisure practices during 'homeland' visits in transnational youth's way of relating to Ghana
Drawing on 17 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands and Ghana, this paper combines 'return' mobilities literature and youth studies to analyse the role of leisure practices during 'homeland' visits in transnational youth's way of relating to Ghana when they are entering into adulthood. Using the notion of mobility trajectories, the paper shows that leisure practices facilitate young people's ability to establish and renew intimate t…
Why Are You Not Crying?’: Understanding Young People’s Transnational Engagements through Funeral Visits to Ghana
This article analyses the ways in which young people with a migration background develop their own transnational engagement with their or their parents’ country of origin. Drawing on 17-months of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands and Ghana, we add to the emerging literature on ‘return’ mobilities by analysing young people of Ghanaian background, irrespective of whether they or their parents migrated, and by looking at an under…
Lived Afropolitanism: Beyond the Single Story
It has been several years since the term “Afropolitanism” was coined and instigated an intense debate in both the offline and online world. Although Afropolitanism is celebrated for highlighting positive depictions of Africa, it has also been criticised for its supposedly exclusive and elitist focus. Several scholars have distinguished Afropolitanism from Pan-Africanism by framing it as the latter’s apolitical younger version. Following the discu…
Why Are You Not Crying?’: Understanding Young People’s Transnational Engagements through Funeral Visits to Ghana
This article analyses the ways in which young people with a migration background develop their own transnational engagement with their or their parents’ country of origin. Drawing on 17-months of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands and Ghana, we add to the emerging literature on ‘return’ mobilities by analysing young people of Ghanaian background, irrespective of whether they or their parents migrated, and by looking at an under…
Giving back' through mobility trajectories: Motivations for engaging in development encounters in Ghana among transnational youth
Literature on diaspora engagement in development activities has centred on the contributions of migrating adults to the 'homeland', which range from private transfers to single households, to community development projects. While such studies often focus on the impact of such activities on the country of origin, relatively few have focused on what transpires during development encounters and how this affects migrants', and especially young people…
Following the 'hype: The role of leisure practices during 'homeland' visits in transnational youth's way of relating to Ghana
Drawing on 17 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands and Ghana, this paper combines 'return' mobilities literature and youth studies to analyse the role of leisure practices during 'homeland' visits in transnational youth's way of relating to Ghana when they are entering into adulthood. Using the notion of mobility trajectories, the paper shows that leisure practices facilitate young people's ability to establish and renew intimate t…
Transnational resources through trajectories and temporalities of migrant youth mobility between Ghana and Europe
Research on migrant youth makes two longstanding assumptions: that they are immobile following their own or their parents’ migration and that their resource environments are confined to their country of residence. Recent investigations of transnational youth mobility question both assumptions, showing that migrant youth – including the first and second generations – are highly mobile, and that their mobility has multiple impacts on their lives. T…
Reversing and expanding the gaze: Intergenerational transfers from people in the Global South to migrant background youth in the Global North
Intergenerational transfers (IGTs) in the context of migration studies are mostly conceptualized as material transfers, such as remittances, flowing from migrants to their relatives who remain at home. Studies on children and youth who remain in the origin country while their parents migrate also tend to focus on such material transfers and on the same directionality of flows. In this study, we reverse and expand the gaze by focusing on immateria…
Ethnography (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Mobilities (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works)