Miriam Grant
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3586098 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Miriam Grant |
| PRENOMES | Miriam |
| SOBRENOME | Grant |
| ASSINATURA | GRANT M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1037-5538 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
“Money has the final say in the market”
Revisiting the host–refugee environmental conflict debate
In the debate over refugee–host community environmental conflicts, refugees are often blamed, premised on the notion that refugees add substantially to anthropogenic activities as a result of both their demographic and socio-economic status. We employ political ecology to understand how power and economic considerations play out in the access to and use of environmental resources in Ghana’s refugee-hosting communities. Drawing mainly on qualitati…
Patterns of loan use for women’s self-help groups in rural Rajasthan
Conceptualising Obstacles to Local Integration of Refugees in Ghana
The need for durable solutions to protracted refugee situations is shifting stakeholders’ attention to the strengths of local integration in first asylum countries despite the complexities involved. In the absence of workable voluntary repatriation and third country resettlement options, refugees already in first asylum destinations, can have their stay formalised to seize opportunities to improve their lives. This argument is further strengthene…
The Impact of Herder Sedentarization on Natural Resource Access in Northeastern Ghana
The Fulani of West Africa have increasingly migrated to humid West Africa since the Sahelian droughts of the 1970s, drawing opposition from indigenous groups that are concerned about the deprivation of their livelihood and monopolization of resources for herders’ livestock. This research, which involved farmers, shepherds, and Fulani herders, addressed three issues: the nature of indigenous grazing and watering regimes, shepherd–herder relations,…
Passive revolution
In the P hilippines, a C atholic social movement for local development and broad structural transformation, referred to as B asic E cclesial C ommunities, offers a counter‐narrative to state development. Predicated on the power of networked local groups, the D iocese of S an C arlos has taken the original concept and rescaled it, operating a variety of social‐action programmes at the diocese level. The focus of this paper is a unique partnership …
The political ecology of territoriality
Gender and Home-Based Care for HIV/Aids and TB Patients in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe
This article explores the gendered burden of care in TB and HIV/AIDS affected households in rural and urban Zimbabwe. Based on 2005-06 research conducted in Bulawayo and Tshelanyamba, we asked carers how caregiving has affected their lives, livelihoods and workloads. Most carers (all of whom are women) were worried about food security and the cost of health care, including transport. Livelihoods such as farming and informal trade were interrupted…
Gender, HIV/Aids, and Human Security in Africa
Using theoretical analysis and empirical findings from case studies in several African countries, the authors of this special issue adopt a feminist analysis of gender relations, HIV/AIDS, and human security in order to expand upon and deepen our understanding of health, development, and security, and how they affect individuals and society. HIV/AIDS can have a destabilizing effect on countries and communities, with consequences for levels of sex…
How Political Change Paved the Way for Indigenous Knowledge
This paper highlights the process of political change that led to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (MVRMA), an attempt to recognize the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge in resource management. Evidence from ethnographic interviews shows the importance of involving indigenous knowledge holders in local land and resource management decisions, which are grounded in land-claim settlement processes. However, the authority of the Indian a…
The role of taboos in conservation of sacred groves in Ghana's Tallensi-Nabdam district
More than half of Ghana's forest cover has been lost to deforestation. Although the Tallensi-Nabdam district has suffered deforestation, portions of the biosphere called sacred groves have survived. The purpose of this study was to explore the particular reasons why the groves have thrived by articulating precise sacred grove taboos, many of which are gender specific. Our enquiry led to a compendium of taboos categorized into environmental, socia…
I Have Been Patient Enough
This article examines the gendered futures of female youth and how mentors impact their journey towards adulthood. It is based on longitudinal research involving household dyad interviews with youth/young adults and parents or guardians in high density suburbs of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, between 1998 and 2001. The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Most female youth/young adults either were f…
Difficult Debut
(2003). Difficult Debut: Social and Economic Identities of Urban Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 37, Cities in Africa / Les villes en Afrique, pp. 411-439
When tea is a luxury
Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential all compromise the rate at which any country, developing or industrialised, can progress. However, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS differs from most health issues in that it strikes people in the prime of life, who otherwise should have decades left in which to build the economic and social capital of their families and communities. While HIV/AIDS crosses all soci…
Unequal Balance
Strangers in Our Home
(1998). Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 32-64
Vulnerability and privilege
Movement patterns and the mediumsized city
The role of taboos in conservation of sacred groves in Ghana's Tallensi-Nabdam district
More than half of Ghana's forest cover has been lost to deforestation. Although the Tallensi-Nabdam district has suffered deforestation, portions of the biosphere called sacred groves have survived. The purpose of this study was to explore the particular reasons why the groves have thrived by articulating precise sacred grove taboos, many of which are gender specific. Our enquiry led to a compendium of taboos categorized into environmental, socia…
When tea is a luxury
Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential all compromise the rate at which any country, developing or industrialised, can progress. However, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS differs from most health issues in that it strikes people in the prime of life, who otherwise should have decades left in which to build the economic and social capital of their families and communities. While HIV/AIDS crosses all soci…
Vulnerability and privilege
The political ecology of territoriality
Conceptualising Obstacles to Local Integration of Refugees in Ghana
The need for durable solutions to protracted refugee situations is shifting stakeholders’ attention to the strengths of local integration in first asylum countries despite the complexities involved. In the absence of workable voluntary repatriation and third country resettlement options, refugees already in first asylum destinations, can have their stay formalised to seize opportunities to improve their lives. This argument is further strengthene…
Movement patterns and the mediumsized city
Difficult Debut
(2003). Difficult Debut: Social and Economic Identities of Urban Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 37, Cities in Africa / Les villes en Afrique, pp. 411-439
Strangers in Our Home
(1998). Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 32-64
I Have Been Patient Enough
This article examines the gendered futures of female youth and how mentors impact their journey towards adulthood. It is based on longitudinal research involving household dyad interviews with youth/young adults and parents or guardians in high density suburbs of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, between 1998 and 2001. The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Most female youth/young adults either were f…
Unequal Balance
Movement patterns and the mediumsized city
Vulnerability and privilege
Strangers in Our Home
(1998). Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 32-64
Unequal Balance
Difficult Debut
(2003). Difficult Debut: Social and Economic Identities of Urban Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 37, Cities in Africa / Les villes en Afrique, pp. 411-439
When tea is a luxury
Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential all compromise the rate at which any country, developing or industrialised, can progress. However, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS differs from most health issues in that it strikes people in the prime of life, who otherwise should have decades left in which to build the economic and social capital of their families and communities. While HIV/AIDS crosses all soci…
I Have Been Patient Enough
This article examines the gendered futures of female youth and how mentors impact their journey towards adulthood. It is based on longitudinal research involving household dyad interviews with youth/young adults and parents or guardians in high density suburbs of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, between 1998 and 2001. The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Most female youth/young adults either were f…
How Political Change Paved the Way for Indigenous Knowledge
This paper highlights the process of political change that led to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (MVRMA), an attempt to recognize the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge in resource management. Evidence from ethnographic interviews shows the importance of involving indigenous knowledge holders in local land and resource management decisions, which are grounded in land-claim settlement processes. However, the authority of the Indian a…
The role of taboos in conservation of sacred groves in Ghana's Tallensi-Nabdam district
More than half of Ghana's forest cover has been lost to deforestation. Although the Tallensi-Nabdam district has suffered deforestation, portions of the biosphere called sacred groves have survived. The purpose of this study was to explore the particular reasons why the groves have thrived by articulating precise sacred grove taboos, many of which are gender specific. Our enquiry led to a compendium of taboos categorized into environmental, socia…
Gender and Home-Based Care for HIV/Aids and TB Patients in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe
This article explores the gendered burden of care in TB and HIV/AIDS affected households in rural and urban Zimbabwe. Based on 2005-06 research conducted in Bulawayo and Tshelanyamba, we asked carers how caregiving has affected their lives, livelihoods and workloads. Most carers (all of whom are women) were worried about food security and the cost of health care, including transport. Livelihoods such as farming and informal trade were interrupted…
Gender, HIV/Aids, and Human Security in Africa
Using theoretical analysis and empirical findings from case studies in several African countries, the authors of this special issue adopt a feminist analysis of gender relations, HIV/AIDS, and human security in order to expand upon and deepen our understanding of health, development, and security, and how they affect individuals and society. HIV/AIDS can have a destabilizing effect on countries and communities, with consequences for levels of sex…
Passive revolution
In the P hilippines, a C atholic social movement for local development and broad structural transformation, referred to as B asic E cclesial C ommunities, offers a counter‐narrative to state development. Predicated on the power of networked local groups, the D iocese of S an C arlos has taken the original concept and rescaled it, operating a variety of social‐action programmes at the diocese level. The focus of this paper is a unique partnership …
The political ecology of territoriality
The Impact of Herder Sedentarization on Natural Resource Access in Northeastern Ghana
The Fulani of West Africa have increasingly migrated to humid West Africa since the Sahelian droughts of the 1970s, drawing opposition from indigenous groups that are concerned about the deprivation of their livelihood and monopolization of resources for herders’ livestock. This research, which involved farmers, shepherds, and Fulani herders, addressed three issues: the nature of indigenous grazing and watering regimes, shepherd–herder relations,…
Conceptualising Obstacles to Local Integration of Refugees in Ghana
The need for durable solutions to protracted refugee situations is shifting stakeholders’ attention to the strengths of local integration in first asylum countries despite the complexities involved. In the absence of workable voluntary repatriation and third country resettlement options, refugees already in first asylum destinations, can have their stay formalised to seize opportunities to improve their lives. This argument is further strengthene…
Revisiting the host–refugee environmental conflict debate
In the debate over refugee–host community environmental conflicts, refugees are often blamed, premised on the notion that refugees add substantially to anthropogenic activities as a result of both their demographic and socio-economic status. We employ political ecology to understand how power and economic considerations play out in the access to and use of environmental resources in Ghana’s refugee-hosting communities. Drawing mainly on qualitati…
Patterns of loan use for women’s self-help groups in rural Rajasthan
“Money has the final say in the market”
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