Maxwell Owusu
Biographic Data
| ID | 75060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maxwell Owusu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maxwell |
| FAMILY NAME | Owusu |
| SIGNATURE | OWUSU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9633-3357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 222 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Towards a scalable and transferable approach to map deprived areas using Sentinel-2 images and machine learning
African cities are growing rapidly and more than half of their populations live in deprived areas. Local stakeholders urgently need accurate, granular, and routine maps to plan, upgrade, and monitor dynamic neighborhood-level changes. Satellite imagery provides a promising solution for consistent, accurate high-resolution maps globally. However, most studies use very high spatial resolution images, which often cover only small areas and are cost …
Mapping Deprived Urban Areas Using Open Geospatial Data and Machine Learning in Africa
Reliable data on slums or deprived living conditions remain scarce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Global high-resolution maps of deprived areas are fundamental for both research- and evidence-based policies. Existing mapping methods are generally one-off studies that use proprietary commercial data or other physical or socio-economic data that are limited geographically. Open geospatial data are increasingly available for large…
The Missing Millions in Maps: Exploring Causes of Uncertainties in Global Gridded Population Datasets
Gridded population datasets model the population at a relatively high spatial and temporal granularity by reallocating official population data from irregular administrative units to regular grids (e.g., 1 km grid cells). Such population data are vital for understanding human–environmental relationships and responding to many socioeconomic and environmental problems. We analyzed one very broadly used gridded population layer (GHS-POP) to assess i…
Towards user-driven earth observation-based slum mapping
Earth observation (EO) capabilities to produce up-to-date geographical information on slums over large areas supporting urban planning and evidence-based policymaking are largely acknowledged. Most EO studies typically use a data-driven approach without an understanding of end-user requirements. This study addresses this gap by aligning EO methods with societal needs and concerns using a user-driven approach in Accra, Ghana. By carrying out in-si…
Spatial Information Gaps on Deprived Urban Areas (Slums) in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries: A User-Centered Approach
Routine and accurate data on deprivation are needed for urban planning and decision support at various scales (i.e., from community to international). However, analyzing information requirements of diverse users on urban deprivation, we found that data are often not available or inaccessible. To bridge this data gap, Earth Observation (EO) data can support access to frequently updated spatial information. However, a user-centered approach is urge…
Rebellion, Revolution, and Tradition: Reinterpreting Coups in Ghana
Third World
Chapter 18 Africa
Tradition and Transformation: Democracy and the Politics of Popular Power in Ghana
InApril 1992, after nearly 11 years of military rule in Ghana, a draft democratic constitution of the Fourth Republic was overwhelmingly approved in a national referendum.1The ban on multi-party politics was lifted by the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Government in the following month. An independent interim National Electoral Commission was established, and a hotly contested presidential election in 200 constituencies monitored by …
Democracy and Africa - a View from the Village
The fact that this new nation has succeeded in fostering economic growth and democracy under the aegis of equalitarian values holds out hope for the rest of the world. For prosperity, freedom, and equality cannot be for white men only. If they are, then they will prove to have been as illusory and impermanent as the slave-based democracies of ancient Greece
Zan Boko; Mapantsula
Zan Boko. 1988. video by Gasfon Kaboré. 94 minutes, color. Moréand French, with English subtitles. For information contact California Newsreel, 149, 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (415/621 -6196).Mapantsula. 1988. video by Thomas Mogotlane. Max Montocchio. and Oliver Schmitz. 104 minutes, color. Zulu, Sotho, and Afrikaans, with English subtitles. For information contact California Newsreel
Rebellion, Revolution, and Tradition: Reinterpreting Coups in Ghana
Since the military coup that toppled the government of Sylvanus Olympio in Togo, West Africa, no less than seventy African leaders throughout sub-Saharan Africa have been overthrown by the armed forces. In the first two decades of independence alone, there were forty successful coups, not to mention the countless coup attempts (Meredith, 1984; Kitchen, 1985
Custom and Coups: A Juridical Interpretation of Civil Order and Disorder in Ghana
The rich empirical and historical evidence available on the various popular movements that arose in the Gold Coast, especially since the turn of the nineteenth century, mainly in order to demand political and economic reforms,1 as well as the implications of the post-colonial cycle of military coups d'état and counter-coups in Africa, is critically re-analysed and reinterpreted to advance the following related theses
Ethnicity and Political Integration: The Case of Ashanti, Ghana
Development Literature and Writers from Underdeveloped Countries: The Case of Turkey [and Comments and Reply]
This article deals with discussions of economic development among Turkish intellectuals in the 1930s, when the characteristics of a "Kemalist development strategy" were being defined. As an exercise in the history of economic thought, it attempts to show that those discussions anticipated many of the issues of development economics, a special field which appeared only after the Second World War. The discussion challenges the general lack of conce…
Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context. John L. Comaroff and Simon ROBERTS
Peer Reviewed
African Christianity: Patterns of Religious Continuity. George Bond, Walton JOHNSON, and SHEILA S. Walker, eds
Peer Reviewed
Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana
On Indigenous Anthropology: A Malinowskian View
The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia: A Wealthy Theocracy in Comparative Perspective
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Livres/Books
Colonial and Postcolonial Anthropology of Africa: Scholarship or Sentiment
Colonialism and Change: Essays presented to Lucy Mair
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Ethnography of Africa: The Usefulness of the Useless
The complex epistemological and methodological problems of data-quality control or ethnographer bias in anthropological research as they relate to the use of the native languages and/or the use of native-interpreter informants are critically reexamined. Summarizing the 1939-1940 Mead-Lowie debate, the paper suggests, on the basis of a close review of selected classic ethnographies of Africa, various ways by which the quality of comparative cross-…
Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana
Uses and Abuses of Political Power: A Case Study of Continuity and Change in the Politics of Ghana
Rebellion, Revolution, and Tradition: Reinterpreting Coups in Ghana
Since the military coup that toppled the government of Sylvanus Olympio in Togo, West Africa, no less than seventy African leaders throughout sub-Saharan Africa have been overthrown by the armed forces. In the first two decades of independence alone, there were forty successful coups, not to mention the countless coup attempts (Meredith, 1984; Kitchen, 1985
Democracy and Africa - a View from the Village
The fact that this new nation has succeeded in fostering economic growth and democracy under the aegis of equalitarian values holds out hope for the rest of the world. For prosperity, freedom, and equality cannot be for white men only. If they are, then they will prove to have been as illusory and impermanent as the slave-based democracies of ancient Greece
Issues in the Ethics of Research Method: An Interpretation of the Anglo-American Perspective [and Comments and Reply]
There is a pattern of elements within the Anglo-American structure of thinking and reasoning which affects methods of data collection, data analysis, and systems of information dispersion with respect to studies of non-Western cultures. An argument is built in this paper which maintains that: (1) These same elements hinder some Anglo-American anthropologists from studying their own cultures. They form a pattern which begins with the selection of …
Family, Fertility, and Economics [and Comments and Reply]
Family, fertility, and economics are inextricably intertwined. Yet despite intensive investigation, the interdependencies among these phenomena remain elusive. Expectations based on cross-cultural research and the theory of industrial society are contradicted by studies from throughout the industrial and industrializing world. Foundamental conceptual errors underlie these difficulties. This paper indicates how the interdependencies among family, …
Tradition and Transformation: Democracy and the Politics of Popular Power in Ghana
InApril 1992, after nearly 11 years of military rule in Ghana, a draft democratic constitution of the Fourth Republic was overwhelmingly approved in a national referendum.1The ban on multi-party politics was lifted by the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Government in the following month. An independent interim National Electoral Commission was established, and a hotly contested presidential election in 200 constituencies monitored by …
Custom and Coups: A Juridical Interpretation of Civil Order and Disorder in Ghana
The rich empirical and historical evidence available on the various popular movements that arose in the Gold Coast, especially since the turn of the nineteenth century, mainly in order to demand political and economic reforms,1 as well as the implications of the post-colonial cycle of military coups d'état and counter-coups in Africa, is critically re-analysed and reinterpreted to advance the following related theses
Politics without Parties: Reflections on the Union Government Proposals in Ghana
Ghana, first sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence after World War II, has experienced several diverse forms of government, including a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, a socialist single-party republic, and two military regimes following coups d'etat in 1966 and 1972. Like most of developing states of West Africa, Ghana has been plagued by post-independence political instability. In fact, search for a permanent and viable…
Mapping Deprived Urban Areas Using Open Geospatial Data and Machine Learning in Africa
Reliable data on slums or deprived living conditions remain scarce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Global high-resolution maps of deprived areas are fundamental for both research- and evidence-based policies. Existing mapping methods are generally one-off studies that use proprietary commercial data or other physical or socio-economic data that are limited geographically. Open geospatial data are increasingly available for large…
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Spatial Information Gaps on Deprived Urban Areas (Slums) in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries: A User-Centered Approach
Routine and accurate data on deprivation are needed for urban planning and decision support at various scales (i.e., from community to international). However, analyzing information requirements of diverse users on urban deprivation, we found that data are often not available or inaccessible. To bridge this data gap, Earth Observation (EO) data can support access to frequently updated spatial information. However, a user-centered approach is urge…
Ethnicity and Political Integration: The Case of Ashanti, Ghana
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Policy Studies, Development, and Political Anthropology
Policy research involves two acts of translation: translation of the problem from the world of reality and policy into the world of scientific method, and then a translation of the research results back into the world of reality and policy.1Since the political scientist, David Easton, commented critically in 1959 on the state of the study of politics by anthropologists,2 many interesting changes have taken place in the analyses of African politic…
Development Literature and Writers from Underdeveloped Countries: The Case of Turkey [and Comments and Reply]
This article deals with discussions of economic development among Turkish intellectuals in the 1930s, when the characteristics of a "Kemalist development strategy" were being defined. As an exercise in the history of economic thought, it attempts to show that those discussions anticipated many of the issues of development economics, a special field which appeared only after the Second World War. The discussion challenges the general lack of conce…
Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context. John L. Comaroff and Simon ROBERTS
Peer Reviewed
Population and Political Systems in Tropical Africa. Robert F. Stevenson
Ethnography and Ethnology: Double Descent in an African Society: The Afikpo Village‐Group. S imon O ttenberg . The American Ethnological Society Monograph 47
Uses and Abuses of Political Power: A Case Study of Continuity and Change in the Politics of Ghana
Ethnic Bias, Charisma, and the Analysis of Leadership: Comment on William John Hanna's Review
Uses and Abuses of Political Power: A Case Study of Continuity and Change in the Politics of Ghana
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
Ethnology: Regional Mobility and Resource Development in West Africa . Akin L. Mabogunje
Policy Studies, Development, and Political Anthropology
Policy research involves two acts of translation: translation of the problem from the world of reality and policy into the world of scientific method, and then a translation of the research results back into the world of reality and policy.1Since the political scientist, David Easton, commented critically in 1959 on the state of the study of politics by anthropologists,2 many interesting changes have taken place in the analyses of African politic…
Issues in the Ethics of Research Method: An Interpretation of the Anglo-American Perspective [and Comments and Reply]
There is a pattern of elements within the Anglo-American structure of thinking and reasoning which affects methods of data collection, data analysis, and systems of information dispersion with respect to studies of non-Western cultures. An argument is built in this paper which maintains that: (1) These same elements hinder some Anglo-American anthropologists from studying their own cultures. They form a pattern which begins with the selection of …
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Family, Fertility, and Economics [and Comments and Reply]
Family, fertility, and economics are inextricably intertwined. Yet despite intensive investigation, the interdependencies among these phenomena remain elusive. Expectations based on cross-cultural research and the theory of industrial society are contradicted by studies from throughout the industrial and industrializing world. Foundamental conceptual errors underlie these difficulties. This paper indicates how the interdependencies among family, …
Ethnography of Africa: The Usefulness of the Useless
The complex epistemological and methodological problems of data-quality control or ethnographer bias in anthropological research as they relate to the use of the native languages and/or the use of native-interpreter informants are critically reexamined. Summarizing the 1939-1940 Mead-Lowie debate, the paper suggests, on the basis of a close review of selected classic ethnographies of Africa, various ways by which the quality of comparative cross-…
Colonial and Postcolonial Anthropology of Africa: Scholarship or Sentiment
Colonialism and Change: Essays presented to Lucy Mair
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Politics without Parties: Reflections on the Union Government Proposals in Ghana
Ghana, first sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence after World War II, has experienced several diverse forms of government, including a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, a socialist single-party republic, and two military regimes following coups d'etat in 1966 and 1972. Like most of developing states of West Africa, Ghana has been plagued by post-independence political instability. In fact, search for a permanent and viable…
The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia: A Wealthy Theocracy in Comparative Perspective
Colonialism and Change: Essays Presented to Lucy Mair
Livres/Books
African Christianity: Patterns of Religious Continuity. George Bond, Walton JOHNSON, and SHEILA S. Walker, eds
Peer Reviewed
Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana
On Indigenous Anthropology: A Malinowskian View
Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context. John L. Comaroff and Simon ROBERTS
Peer Reviewed
Development Literature and Writers from Underdeveloped Countries: The Case of Turkey [and Comments and Reply]
This article deals with discussions of economic development among Turkish intellectuals in the 1930s, when the characteristics of a "Kemalist development strategy" were being defined. As an exercise in the history of economic thought, it attempts to show that those discussions anticipated many of the issues of development economics, a special field which appeared only after the Second World War. The discussion challenges the general lack of conce…
Custom and Coups: A Juridical Interpretation of Civil Order and Disorder in Ghana
The rich empirical and historical evidence available on the various popular movements that arose in the Gold Coast, especially since the turn of the nineteenth century, mainly in order to demand political and economic reforms,1 as well as the implications of the post-colonial cycle of military coups d'état and counter-coups in Africa, is critically re-analysed and reinterpreted to advance the following related theses
Ethnicity and Political Integration: The Case of Ashanti, Ghana
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