Stephan F Miescher
Biographic Data
| ID | 200095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephan F Miescher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephan F |
| FAMILY NAME | Miescher |
| SIGNATURE | MIESCHER S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-5921-6978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 124 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Dam for Africa: Akosombo Stories from Ghana
Ghana's Akosombo Dam, Volta Lake Fisheries & Climate Change
In Ghana, the Pwalugu Dam in the Upper East is in the final planning stage. Whereas promoters of Ghana's first dams emphasized the need for generating electricity to modernize and industrialize the new nation, the planners of Pwalugu have focused on water issues. Due to climate change, droughts have had a devastating impact on local agriculture. The dam's primary purpose is an irrigation scheme and flood control. This essay historicizes these con…
Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges
Nkrumah’s Baby”: The Akosombo Dam and the dream of development in Ghana, 1952–1966
Archives of Post-Independence Africa and its Diaspora
Building the City of the Future: Visions and Experiences of Modernity in Ghana's Akosombo Township
Akosombo Township, designed by the Greek urbanist Constantinos Doxiadis, is the model city at the foot of the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam, Ghana's largest development project. The article explores different visions of high modernist planning for Akosombo and juxtaposes it with the desires for and imaginations of modernity among its residents. Officials of the Volta River Authority, the agency in charge of the township, promoted specific ideas abou…
Hydro-Power and the Promise of Modernity and Development in Ghana: Comparing the Akosombo and Bui Dam Projects
In 2007, as Ghanaians were suffering another electricity crisis with frequent power outages, President J. A. Kufuor celebrated in a festive mode the sod cutting for the country’s third large hydro-electric dam at Bui across the Black Volta in the Brong Ahafo Region.[1][1] The new 400 megawatt (MW
Masculinities, Intersectionality, and Collaborative Approaches
Africa After Gender?
New essays on how gender works in Africa
A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana: From the 15th to the 19th Century, Akosua Adoma Perbi
Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: "How to Play the Game of Life" (review)
Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa (Social History of Africa Series)
Marita, or the Folly of Love: A Novel by A. Native
African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History
This roundtable discussion among four prominent historians of Africa-Lisa A. Lindsay, Luise White, Stephan F. Miescher, and David William Cohen-explores the critical practices in oral history. They address the challenges and possibilities of using oral sources, considering issues of interpretation, methodology, and the ethical implications of working with oral testimonies. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding the specific con…
Return to Nisa
Been-To Visions: Transnational Linkages Among a Ghanaian Dispersed Community in the Twentieth Century
While migration is not a new phenomenon in Kwawu, an Akan area of southern Ghana, the social, political, and economic landscape of Ghana has changed considerably throughout the twentieth century. These changes are reflected in shifting patterns of migration. As migrants have chosen destinations
In the Shadow of Sharpeville: Apartheid and Criminal Justice (review)
Reviewed by: In the Shadow of Sharpeville: Apartheid and Criminal Justice Stephan F. Miescher Parker, Peter and Joyce Mokhesi-Parker. 1998. In the Shadow of Sharpeville: Apartheid and Criminal Justice. New York: New York University Press. 381 pp. The name of Sharpeville is deeply ingrained in the collective memory of those who participated in the struggle against the South African apartheid state. This black township outside Johannesburg is known…
Of Documents and Litigants: Disputes on Inheritance in Abetifi – A Town of Colonial Ghana
Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa (Social History of Africa Series)
Building the City of the Future: Visions and Experiences of Modernity in Ghana's Akosombo Township
Akosombo Township, designed by the Greek urbanist Constantinos Doxiadis, is the model city at the foot of the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam, Ghana's largest development project. The article explores different visions of high modernist planning for Akosombo and juxtaposes it with the desires for and imaginations of modernity among its residents. Officials of the Volta River Authority, the agency in charge of the township, promoted specific ideas abou…
Nkrumah’s Baby”: The Akosombo Dam and the dream of development in Ghana, 1952–1966
Been-To Visions: Transnational Linkages Among a Ghanaian Dispersed Community in the Twentieth Century
While migration is not a new phenomenon in Kwawu, an Akan area of southern Ghana, the social, political, and economic landscape of Ghana has changed considerably throughout the twentieth century. These changes are reflected in shifting patterns of migration. As migrants have chosen destinations
Hydro-Power and the Promise of Modernity and Development in Ghana: Comparing the Akosombo and Bui Dam Projects
In 2007, as Ghanaians were suffering another electricity crisis with frequent power outages, President J. A. Kufuor celebrated in a festive mode the sod cutting for the country’s third large hydro-electric dam at Bui across the Black Volta in the Brong Ahafo Region.[1][1] The new 400 megawatt (MW
Of Documents and Litigants: Disputes on Inheritance in Abetifi – A Town of Colonial Ghana
Been-To Visions: Transnational Linkages Among a Ghanaian Dispersed Community in the Twentieth Century
While migration is not a new phenomenon in Kwawu, an Akan area of southern Ghana, the social, political, and economic landscape of Ghana has changed considerably throughout the twentieth century. These changes are reflected in shifting patterns of migration. As migrants have chosen destinations
In the Shadow of Sharpeville: Apartheid and Criminal Justice (review)
Reviewed by: In the Shadow of Sharpeville: Apartheid and Criminal Justice Stephan F. Miescher Parker, Peter and Joyce Mokhesi-Parker. 1998. In the Shadow of Sharpeville: Apartheid and Criminal Justice. New York: New York University Press. 381 pp. The name of Sharpeville is deeply ingrained in the collective memory of those who participated in the struggle against the South African apartheid state. This black township outside Johannesburg is known…
Return to Nisa
African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History
This roundtable discussion among four prominent historians of Africa-Lisa A. Lindsay, Luise White, Stephan F. Miescher, and David William Cohen-explores the critical practices in oral history. They address the challenges and possibilities of using oral sources, considering issues of interpretation, methodology, and the ethical implications of working with oral testimonies. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding the specific con…
Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa (Social History of Africa Series)
Marita, or the Folly of Love: A Novel by A. Native
Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: "How to Play the Game of Life" (review)
Africa After Gender?
New essays on how gender works in Africa
A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana: From the 15th to the 19th Century, Akosua Adoma Perbi
Masculinities, Intersectionality, and Collaborative Approaches
Hydro-Power and the Promise of Modernity and Development in Ghana: Comparing the Akosombo and Bui Dam Projects
In 2007, as Ghanaians were suffering another electricity crisis with frequent power outages, President J. A. Kufuor celebrated in a festive mode the sod cutting for the country’s third large hydro-electric dam at Bui across the Black Volta in the Brong Ahafo Region.[1][1] The new 400 megawatt (MW
Building the City of the Future: Visions and Experiences of Modernity in Ghana's Akosombo Township
Akosombo Township, designed by the Greek urbanist Constantinos Doxiadis, is the model city at the foot of the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam, Ghana's largest development project. The article explores different visions of high modernist planning for Akosombo and juxtaposes it with the desires for and imaginations of modernity among its residents. Officials of the Volta River Authority, the agency in charge of the township, promoted specific ideas abou…
Archives of Post-Independence Africa and its Diaspora
Nkrumah’s Baby”: The Akosombo Dam and the dream of development in Ghana, 1952–1966
Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges
Ghana's Akosombo Dam, Volta Lake Fisheries & Climate Change
In Ghana, the Pwalugu Dam in the Upper East is in the final planning stage. Whereas promoters of Ghana's first dams emphasized the need for generating electricity to modernize and industrialize the new nation, the planners of Pwalugu have focused on water issues. Due to climate change, droughts have had a devastating impact on local agriculture. The dam's primary purpose is an irrigation scheme and flood control. This essay historicizes these con…
A Dam for Africa: Akosombo Stories from Ghana
Political science (11 works) · History (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works)