Shelagh Roxburgh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3614258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelagh Roxburgh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelagh |
| FAMILY NAME | Roxburgh |
| SIGNATURE | ROXBURGH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1519-1538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mainstreaming mutants
This article explores the ways that critical representations of injustice are suppressed in the adaptation of comic book content to television and film. This analysis focuses on how the mainstreaming of Marvel X-Men comic books and related titles has produced watered-down representations of the political and social conflicts depicted in the original works. Centering on the character of Danielle Moonstar, an Indigenous mutant in the Marvel Univers…
Colonial constructions
Drawing on historical constructions of Indigenous peoples, this paper analyses the continued impact of settler discourses of Indigenous families, parenting, and children on child welfare policy in Canada today. Findings In this work, two provincial children's Advocate reports on the deaths of Indigenous children in care, Tina Fontaine and Alex Gervais, are critically assessed in order to explore the processes through which these colonial construc…
Witchcraft and supernatural harm
This article addresses a significant ethical oversight I am responsible for in my doctoral research program: the failure to account for and comprehensively prevent the threat of spiritual harm for my research assistants in Ghana and Cameroon. In this work, I discuss spiritual care as a major lacunae of research methodology considerations and ethics procedures in relation to my own work in the field of political science. Through an analysis of my …
Homosexuality, Witchcraft, and Power
In this study I hope to deconstruct dominant and popular homophobic discourses in Cameroon to offer a deeper analysis of the common association made between homosexuality, witchcraft, and cults. Through a closer engagement with rumors that suggest homosexuality, witches, and cults are working collectively and covertly to destroy Cameroonian society important issues of power, morality, and inequality emerge, providing a more complex understanding …
Empowering witches and the West
Witchcraft-related violence in Ghana has been the subject of international media attention for decades. In the past few years, increasing interest in the sensational stories of Ghana’s northern witch camps have enthralled readers and elicited furore. While much of this outcry is motivated by concern, it is also greatly misinformed regarding local realities, witchcraft phenomena, and the impact of international interventionism in general, and in G…
Miran-Guyon Marie. — Guerres mystiques en Côte d’Ivoire
There have been numerous waves of academic interest in the topic of witchcraft and, in particular, in the various dimensions of witchcraft-related violence in African contexts. Though much of this research has been conducted within the discipline of anthropology, researchers from diverse fields are increasingly identifying witchcraft as an important aspect of their work. Disciplines concerned with health, social work, and law, have all offered in…
Bonhomme Julien & Bondaz Julien. — L’offrande de la mort
Like a rumour, L’offrande de la mort begins with an ominous story told with the tentative tone of hearsay before spreading out and unravelling through the following pages, exposing lines of inquiry, intrigue, and concern that are never fully captured, exposed or resolved. Bonhomme and Bondaz recount the tale that gripped the capital of Senegal for weeks in early 2010 before disappearing just as quickly as it appeared: someone emerges from a myste…
Through the Scrying Glass
Numerous authors have noted cyclical interest in the subject of witchcraft in Africa with a “revitalized” rise emerging in the 1990s that has been sustained by innovative research and continued popular interest in news media and activism (Ciekawy & Geschiere 1998: 1). Closing in on a century of research, it is difficult to determine whether our understanding of witchcraft has deepened since the canonical work of Evans-Pritchard among the Zande in…
Witchcraft and space
This article addresses the application of the concept of space to witchcraft in Africa. Throughout colonial history, and still today, efforts to mediate and control witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence have focused on the manipulation of physical spaces, such as villages, shrines and witch camps. While critical theories of space and power are increasingly relevant in a number of fields, the exploration of these concepts may be somewhat limi…
Witchcraft and Violence in Ghana
Witchcraft-related violence in West Africa is currently attracting significant international media attention. Often witchcraft-related violence is portrayed as a recent or increasing phenomenon, particularly in Ghana's Northern region where the infamous witch camps are located. These witch camps are often depicted as epitomizing violence against women and violence itself is characterized as the inevitable outcome of witchcraft belief. This paper …
Homosexuality, Witchcraft, and Power
In this study I hope to deconstruct dominant and popular homophobic discourses in Cameroon to offer a deeper analysis of the common association made between homosexuality, witchcraft, and cults. Through a closer engagement with rumors that suggest homosexuality, witches, and cults are working collectively and covertly to destroy Cameroonian society important issues of power, morality, and inequality emerge, providing a more complex understanding …
Witchcraft and Violence in Ghana
Witchcraft-related violence in West Africa is currently attracting significant international media attention. Often witchcraft-related violence is portrayed as a recent or increasing phenomenon, particularly in Ghana's Northern region where the infamous witch camps are located. These witch camps are often depicted as epitomizing violence against women and violence itself is characterized as the inevitable outcome of witchcraft belief. This paper …
Empowering witches and the West
Witchcraft-related violence in Ghana has been the subject of international media attention for decades. In the past few years, increasing interest in the sensational stories of Ghana’s northern witch camps have enthralled readers and elicited furore. While much of this outcry is motivated by concern, it is also greatly misinformed regarding local realities, witchcraft phenomena, and the impact of international interventionism in general, and in G…
Witchcraft and Violence in Ghana
Witchcraft-related violence in West Africa is currently attracting significant international media attention. Often witchcraft-related violence is portrayed as a recent or increasing phenomenon, particularly in Ghana's Northern region where the infamous witch camps are located. These witch camps are often depicted as epitomizing violence against women and violence itself is characterized as the inevitable outcome of witchcraft belief. This paper …
Witchcraft and space
This article addresses the application of the concept of space to witchcraft in Africa. Throughout colonial history, and still today, efforts to mediate and control witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence have focused on the manipulation of physical spaces, such as villages, shrines and witch camps. While critical theories of space and power are increasingly relevant in a number of fields, the exploration of these concepts may be somewhat limi…
Empowering witches and the West
Witchcraft-related violence in Ghana has been the subject of international media attention for decades. In the past few years, increasing interest in the sensational stories of Ghana’s northern witch camps have enthralled readers and elicited furore. While much of this outcry is motivated by concern, it is also greatly misinformed regarding local realities, witchcraft phenomena, and the impact of international interventionism in general, and in G…
Miran-Guyon Marie. — Guerres mystiques en Côte d’Ivoire
There have been numerous waves of academic interest in the topic of witchcraft and, in particular, in the various dimensions of witchcraft-related violence in African contexts. Though much of this research has been conducted within the discipline of anthropology, researchers from diverse fields are increasingly identifying witchcraft as an important aspect of their work. Disciplines concerned with health, social work, and law, have all offered in…
Bonhomme Julien & Bondaz Julien. — L’offrande de la mort
Like a rumour, L’offrande de la mort begins with an ominous story told with the tentative tone of hearsay before spreading out and unravelling through the following pages, exposing lines of inquiry, intrigue, and concern that are never fully captured, exposed or resolved. Bonhomme and Bondaz recount the tale that gripped the capital of Senegal for weeks in early 2010 before disappearing just as quickly as it appeared: someone emerges from a myste…
Through the Scrying Glass
Numerous authors have noted cyclical interest in the subject of witchcraft in Africa with a “revitalized” rise emerging in the 1990s that has been sustained by innovative research and continued popular interest in news media and activism (Ciekawy & Geschiere 1998: 1). Closing in on a century of research, it is difficult to determine whether our understanding of witchcraft has deepened since the canonical work of Evans-Pritchard among the Zande in…
Witchcraft and supernatural harm
This article addresses a significant ethical oversight I am responsible for in my doctoral research program: the failure to account for and comprehensively prevent the threat of spiritual harm for my research assistants in Ghana and Cameroon. In this work, I discuss spiritual care as a major lacunae of research methodology considerations and ethics procedures in relation to my own work in the field of political science. Through an analysis of my …
Homosexuality, Witchcraft, and Power
In this study I hope to deconstruct dominant and popular homophobic discourses in Cameroon to offer a deeper analysis of the common association made between homosexuality, witchcraft, and cults. Through a closer engagement with rumors that suggest homosexuality, witches, and cults are working collectively and covertly to destroy Cameroonian society important issues of power, morality, and inequality emerge, providing a more complex understanding …
Colonial constructions
Drawing on historical constructions of Indigenous peoples, this paper analyses the continued impact of settler discourses of Indigenous families, parenting, and children on child welfare policy in Canada today. Findings In this work, two provincial children's Advocate reports on the deaths of Indigenous children in care, Tina Fontaine and Alex Gervais, are critically assessed in order to explore the processes through which these colonial construc…
Mainstreaming mutants
This article explores the ways that critical representations of injustice are suppressed in the adaptation of comic book content to television and film. This analysis focuses on how the mainstreaming of Marvel X-Men comic books and related titles has produced watered-down representations of the political and social conflicts depicted in the original works. Centering on the character of Danielle Moonstar, an Indigenous mutant in the Marvel Univers…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)