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- Falk, Erik
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‘That little space’ : Locating Abdulrazak Gurnah in the Global Literary Marketplace
- 2020
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Ingår i: Nordic Journal of English Studies. - Karlstad : University of Gothenburg - Department of Languages and Literatures. - 1502-7694 .- 1654-6970. ; 19:4, s. 150-168, s. 143-160
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- The transformation of the publishing world in recent decades—which includes, among other things, the increasing significance of large retail outlets, the emergence and establishment of literary agents, and the merger of publishing houses into large media corporations—has been amply documented. Among the consequences for postcolonial literary fiction, and African English-language fiction, which is the subject here, are increasing use of the author as a public figure and marketing device, and heightened expectations on cultural representativity that link authors to particular places and cultures. With a focus on the initial and middle phases of his career, this article discusses the ways in which East African author Abdulrazak Gurnah has responded to such pressures in his novels and in essays and articles. It shows how both the form and the content of Gurnah’s writing exemplify a double effort to complicate ideas which frame authors and their texts through culture-specific identities and the seemingly opposite, generalizing notion of the postcolonial’ author which flattens history—a strategy of ‘self-authorization’ which can be seen as Gurnah’s critical resistance towards received categories used in both book marketing and postcolonial authorship. In a further twist, this resistance is in some tension with Gurnah’s choice to write in English and use an unmarked linguistic style and register since these seemingly align with marketing interests and enable easy translation which facilitates the global circulation of his books.
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- Fisher, Eleanor
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Mapping Academic Literature on Governing Inclusive Green Growth in Africa : Geographical Biases and Topical Gaps
- 2020
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 12:5, s. 1956-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Understanding the capacity for credible, salient and legitimate knowledge production is crucial to support African countries in developing their economies and societies inclusively and sustainably. Here, we aim to quantify the current and historic capacity for African knowledge production to support African development and identify important topical gaps. With a focus on topics relating to Governing Inclusive Green Growth in Africa (GIGGA), our research mapped how much Africa-focused research is being produced, from where and which African countries have higher or lower supply; and the topical focus of the research, mapping it against the African GIGGA policy discourses visible in government strategies. To do this we undertook a systematic review using a two-stage process, mapping the literature for GIGGA. This resulted in 960 verified citations. Content analysis of core metadata and article abstracts enabled mapping of the research focus. The analysis revealed a significant role for South Africa as both the pre-eminent producer of GIGGA literature as well as the geographic focus of GIGGA research, with Nigeria, Ethiopia and Kenya representing emerging loci of credible, African-relevant knowledge production. Topically, there was a strong emphasis on development, policy and environment while topics important for growth that is inclusive in character were infrequent or absent. Overall the results reinforced the view that investment is needed in research on inclusive green growth, linked to capacity building for knowledge production systems in Africa. Furthermore, from a policy perspective, policy makers and academics need to actively explore best to collaborate to ensure that academic research informs government policy.
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- Fisher, E.
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#Reset2021 - Maintaining transdisciplinary teamwork through a pandemic
- 2021
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- A reflection on change to trans-disciplinary team-working through the Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrating both flexibility in adapting to new ways of working and frustration in not being able to undertake essential fieldwork. All underlining how transdisciplinary team working needs energy, trans-disciplinary skills, and imagination to capture opportunities for sustainable transformation.
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- Fisher, Eleanor, et al.
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Transforming matters : sustaining gold lifeways in artisanal and small-scale gold mining
- 2021
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Ingår i: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. - Switzerland : Elsevier. - 1877-3435 .- 1877-3443. ; 49, s. 190-200
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Growth strategies in mining regions promote gold extraction based on industrial mining, associating Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) with persistent informality. Against this background, we consider how to approach transformations to sustainability in ASGM. Acknowledging how problematic this topic is for sustainability debates, given how ASGM is associated with a host of environmental and social problems, we argue that a justice lens demands we confront such challenges within the global politics of sustainability. This leads us to review advances in the study of ASGM, linked to debates on extractivism, resource materialities, and informality. We use the notion of gold lifeways to capture how the matter of mining shapes different worlds of extraction. We argue that consideration of the potential for transformations to sustainability needs to be grounded within the realities of ASGM. This necessitates giving value to miners’ knowledge(s), perspectives and interests, while recognising the plurality of mining futures. Nevertheless, we conclude that between the immediacy of precarious work and the structural barriers to change in ASGM, the challenges for transformation cannot be underestimated.
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- Fisher, Eleanor
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Uganda : Gold as a (Trans) National Treasure
- 2020
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Ingår i: Global Gold Production Touching Ground. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783030384852 - 9783030384869 ; , s. 225-244
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite the potential of its known gold deposits, Ugnda has no history of large-scale gold mining. Instead, the story of gold focuses largely on informal artisanl and small-scale mining (ASGM) and on the gold trade that extends through the region. Recent changing global trends in gold investment are stimulating the expansion of both refining and industrial extraction. Here we explore how these trends become articulated in the Ugandan context, with a focus on ASGM. Reflecting nationalistic discourse and new planning priorities, government today characterizes gold as a "national treasure" and an engine for development transformation. To this end, and in line with initiatives promoted by multilateral agencies, it seeks to encourage the industrial sector compled with the formalisation of small-scale gold mining. These formalisation dynamics are embedded within a semi-authoritarian regime privileges a (trans)national elite whose interests in gold extend into mining and into (trans)national trade and refining. Against this background, we echo a familiar story where institutional and regulatory capacity is weak, namely that formalisation privileges some gold miners but also reinforces inequalities, undermining potential for equity and discounting the value of the sector for people’s livelihoods.
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Gendered institutions and women's political representation in Africa
- 2020
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the course of the past three decades efforts of democratisation and institutional reforms have characterised the African continent, including demands for gender equality and women's political representation. As a result, some countries have introduced affirmative action measures, either in the aftermath of conflicts or as part of broader constitutional reforms, whereas others are falling behind this fast track to women's political representation. Utilising a range of case studies spanning both the success cases and the less successful cases from different regions, this work examines the uneven developments on the continent.By mapping, analysing and comparing women's political representation in different African contexts, this book sheds light on the formal and informal institutions and the interplay between these that are influencing women's political representation and can explain the development on women's political representation across the continent and present perspectives on an 'African feminist institutionalism'.
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Gold Matters in Burkina Faso : The Art of Bonding in Precarious Times
- 2021
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Annan publikation (film/video) (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- A short film by audiovisual director Gideon Vink and painter Christophe Sawadogo in collaboration with the Gold Matters project and financed by the Nordic Africa Institute. Filmed at Karentenga, one of the oldest artisanal gold mines in Burkina Faso, it documents an art collaboration between Christophe and gold miners. The film is dedicated to the men, women and child victims of a terrorist attack at Solhan, another gold mining site in Burkina Faso.
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- Gouws, Amanda, et al.
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Beijing +25 : introduction
- 2021
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Ingår i: Agenda. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1013-0950 .- 2158-978X. ; 35, s. 3-17
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