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Reflections on Migration Dynamics in Northern Ghana from the ‘Crossroads Perspective’

dc.contributor.authorAdaawen, Stephen
dc.contributor.editorBaldauf, Ingeborg
dc.contributor.editorConermann, Stephan
dc.contributor.editorKreutzmann, Hermann
dc.contributor.editorNadjmabadi, Shahnaz
dc.contributor.editorReetz, Dietrich
dc.contributor.editorSchetter, Conrad
dc.contributor.editorSökefeld, Martin
dc.contributor.editorBech Hansen, Claus Erik
dc.contributor.editorHornidge, Anna-Katharina
dc.contributor.editorNokkala, Nelli
dc.contributor.editorMielke, Katja
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-06T12:51:37Z
dc.date.available2016-10-06T12:51:37Z
dc.date.issued02.2016
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/167
dc.description.abstractThe paper analyses mobility patterns in Northern Ghana while reflecting also on my ‘positionality’ as researcher from the area thus critically analysing mobility patterns and processes of negotiating social boundaries and construction of space within the context of Northern Ghana. The foregoing discussion has sought to reflect on migration dynamics and flows in Northern Ghana. The constant flows of people, goods, symbols and new ideas from the south and other parts of the country can be seen to have contributed to social transformation and also provided the basis for social mobility and the negotiation of social boundaries in rural communities. In particular, the integration of new symbols of what is considered as success and social practices transferred from the south as much more institutionalised socio-cultural practices in most communities of Northern Ghana signifies the changing collective identities and social imaginaries of people. It also shows how – through mobility processes – different social realities and symbols transcend social, cultural and physio-spatial boundaries (in this case from Southern to Northern Ghana). This brings into question widespread perceptions of rural communities in Northern Ghana as areas which are spatially inaccessible, culturally homogenous, and conservative to change.de
dc.format.extent27
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCrossroads Asia Working Paper Series ; 32
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectMigration dynamics
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectSocial boundaries
dc.subjectSocial spaces
dc.subjectSocial transformation
dc.subjectNorthern Ghana
dc.subjectPositionality
dc.subjectGhana
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
dc.subject.ddc320 Politik
dc.titleReflections on Migration Dynamics in Northern Ghana from the ‘Crossroads Perspective’
dc.typeArbeitspapier
dc.publisher.nameCompetence Network Crossroads Asia: Conflict – Migration – Development
dc.publisher.locationBonn
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.relation.eissn2192-6034
dc.relation.urlhttp://crossroads-asia.de/veroeffentlichungen/working-papers.html
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