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Autor:
Jianyong Wu, Petra Tschakert, Erasmus Klutse, David Ferring, Vincent Ricciardi, Heidi Hausermann, Joseph Oppong, Erica A H Smithwick
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 6, p e0003840 (2015)
BACKGROUND:Buruli ulcer (BU), one of 17 neglected tropical diseases, is a debilitating skin and soft tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. In tropical Africa, changes in land use and proximity to water have been associated with the disea
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https://doaj.org/article/8dc3f18071b04690a79aefdcd75e73ab
Autor:
Heidi Hausermann, David Ferring
Publikováno v:
Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 109:1074-1091
Following the 2008 global financial crisis, small-scale gold mining operations proliferated worldwide. Along Ghana’s Offin River, the landscape has been radically transformed by mining, including d...
Autor:
David Ferring, Heidi Hausermann
Publikováno v:
Land Fictions
This chapter investigates the regulatory fictions underpinning foreign investment in “small-scale” gold mining in Ghana. It explores the shifting practices and subjectivities of big men, frontmen, and secretaries who, in relation with others, med
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::803b61d643cec6c7d2664e8b4a8c2527
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501753732.003.0013
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501753732.003.0013
Autor:
Coryanne Mansell, R.K. Amankwah, Grace Yeboah Asuamah, Bernadette Atosona, Emmanuel Effah, David Ferring, Kyle Hartfield, Natasha Sastri, Augustus Chang, Heidi Hausermann, Graciela Mentz
Publikováno v:
World Development. 108:103-114
Gold prices hit historic highs following the 2008 financial crisis, catalyzing an international gold rush. Along Ghana's Offin River, recent mining activities have irreversibly transformed the landscape and lives of local people. Cocoa farms, subsist
Autor:
Heidi Hausermann, David Ferring
Publikováno v:
Development and Change. 49:1010-1033
Autor:
Vincent Ricciardi, Petra Tschakert, Leah Bug, Mario Reinaldo Machado, Erica A. H. Smithwick, David Ferring, Heidi Hausermann
Publikováno v:
Social Science & Medicine. 150:160-171
Successfully addressing neglected tropical diseases requires nuanced understandings of pathogenic landscapes that incorporate situated, contexualized community knowledge. In the case of Buruli ulcer (BU), the role of social science is vital to invest
Publikováno v:
The Extractive Industries and Society. 3:171-184
The past decade of booming gold prices profoundly expanded small-scale mining (SSM) around the globe, with an estimated 25 million miners now participating in this industry. Despite increasing acknowledgement of the diverse actors and technologies in
Contours of risk: spatializing human behaviors to understand disease dynamics in changing landscapes
Autor:
Petra Tschakert, Lindsay Kromel, R.K. Amankwah, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Heidi Hausermann, Erasmus Klutse, David Ferring, Julianne Hagarty
Publikováno v:
EcoHealth. 9(3)
We echo viewpoints presented in recent publications from EcoHealth and other journals arguing for the need to understand linkages between human health, disease ecology, and landscape change. We underscore the importance of incorporating spatialities