Miriam Hird-Younger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3637735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miriam Hird-Younger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miriam |
| FAMILY NAME | Hird-Younger |
| SIGNATURE | HIRD-YOUNGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The group is for the farmer”
We Are a One-Stop Shop”
International development policy requires civil society participation, but it can be difficult for governments and donors to identify representative spokespersons. Networks provide an interface, access, and legitimacy for civil society participation. This article explores the case of one such network in Ghana, and how its leadership crafted authority to represent civil society on the Sustainable Development Goals. This ethnographic research shows…
The Twilight of Cutting
Reviewed by: The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs by Saida Hodžić Miriam Hird-Younger Saida Hodžić, The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. 416 pp. Those reading The Twilight of Cutting seeking a delineated or straightforward overview of the meaning of cutting or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), its prevalence, and the rates of its decline in Ghana will…
Farmer resistance to agriculture commercialisation in northern Ghana
Drawing on postcolonial literature and theories of farmer resistance, this article provides an empirically based alternative explanation of African farmer behaviours to narratives that blame them for their lack of technology adoption. Based on six months of ethnographic immersion in one district in the Northern Region of Ghanaa, we identify the ways that farmers defy commercial agriculture investment, government services and non-governmental orga…
On their own
Devenir adulte
Dans cet article, les auteurs explorent le rapport à la religion dans la construction identitaire des jeunes adultes de la diaspora palestinienne canadienne. En sociologie de la jeunesse, peu de recherches s’intéressent au rapport à la religion des jeunes au cours du processus d’entrée dans l’âge adulte. Pourtant, la religion occupe un rôle important dans la vie de plusieurs jeunes, notamment celle de jeunes immigrants. Nos résultats préliminaire…
Farmer resistance to agriculture commercialisation in northern Ghana
Drawing on postcolonial literature and theories of farmer resistance, this article provides an empirically based alternative explanation of African farmer behaviours to narratives that blame them for their lack of technology adoption. Based on six months of ethnographic immersion in one district in the Northern Region of Ghanaa, we identify the ways that farmers defy commercial agriculture investment, government services and non-governmental orga…
Devenir adulte
Dans cet article, les auteurs explorent le rapport à la religion dans la construction identitaire des jeunes adultes de la diaspora palestinienne canadienne. En sociologie de la jeunesse, peu de recherches s’intéressent au rapport à la religion des jeunes au cours du processus d’entrée dans l’âge adulte. Pourtant, la religion occupe un rôle important dans la vie de plusieurs jeunes, notamment celle de jeunes immigrants. Nos résultats préliminaire…
Devenir adulte
Dans cet article, les auteurs explorent le rapport à la religion dans la construction identitaire des jeunes adultes de la diaspora palestinienne canadienne. En sociologie de la jeunesse, peu de recherches s’intéressent au rapport à la religion des jeunes au cours du processus d’entrée dans l’âge adulte. Pourtant, la religion occupe un rôle important dans la vie de plusieurs jeunes, notamment celle de jeunes immigrants. Nos résultats préliminaire…
On their own
Farmer resistance to agriculture commercialisation in northern Ghana
Drawing on postcolonial literature and theories of farmer resistance, this article provides an empirically based alternative explanation of African farmer behaviours to narratives that blame them for their lack of technology adoption. Based on six months of ethnographic immersion in one district in the Northern Region of Ghanaa, we identify the ways that farmers defy commercial agriculture investment, government services and non-governmental orga…
The Twilight of Cutting
Reviewed by: The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs by Saida Hodžić Miriam Hird-Younger Saida Hodžić, The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. 416 pp. Those reading The Twilight of Cutting seeking a delineated or straightforward overview of the meaning of cutting or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), its prevalence, and the rates of its decline in Ghana will…
We Are a One-Stop Shop”
International development policy requires civil society participation, but it can be difficult for governments and donors to identify representative spokespersons. Networks provide an interface, access, and legitimacy for civil society participation. This article explores the case of one such network in Ghana, and how its leadership crafted authority to represent civil society on the Sustainable Development Goals. This ethnographic research shows…
The group is for the farmer”
Political science (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work)