Dienstag, 21. Mai 2019, 17:00 - 19:00 iCal
Afrika Kolloquium
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS by two Erasmus Plus Exchange Postgraduates
Seminarraum 3, Institut für Afrikawissenschaften
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 5, 1090 Wien
Vortrag
In this seminar two PhD students from the University of Ghana, Legon, present their theses research for comments by members of the Department of African Studies and the general public.
‘IT DOESN’T HAPPEN TO GOOD GIRLS’: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF IMAGE BASES SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS IN GHANA
Ms. Cynthia Eshun, Department of Sociology
Ghana is currently experiencing a new wave of ‘crime’ with the rise in technological use and the internet known in the academic circles as image based sexual abuse. Whereas most Ghanaians condemn the perpetrators of this abuse on moral grounds, the criminal dimension seem to receive little or no attention. The main thrust of this study is to explore the experiences of image based sexual abuse victims within the Ghanaian context. Using a qualitative approach, the study explores the values and norms that shape the construction and narratives of image based sexual abuse, the criminal aspect of it, and its implication for victims.
IN THEIR OWN VOICES: CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES OF PARENTAL IMPRISONMENT IN GHANA
Ms. Akosua Adutwumwaa Adu-Poku, Department of Sociology
Ghana’s prison population since 2000 has increased from 9,507 to 14,368 in 2016. What proportion of that population has children (prior to or during incarceration), or how many children have parents in prison, is difficult to establish. This paucity of basic data appears to reflect a wider lack of research evidence on, and policy interests in, children of imprisoned parents in Ghana. Yet, the extant literature shows that parental imprisonment has important consequences such as stigma, anxiety and depression, academic achievement, aggression, delinquency and offending – for children in many countries. The approach of the growing empirical body of work is predominantly quantitative and focus on theory-testing based on predetermined postulates concerning the experience of parental incarceration. These studies are also based almost entirely on data from the so-called global north. We know very little about the subjective meaning of parental imprisonment for young people in post-colonial contexts such as sub-Saharan Ghana. However, without such knowledge it is impossible to understand fully young people’s own sense of what it means to have a parent in prison. My proposed study seeks to uncover children’s own sense of what it means to have a parent in jail and the impact it has on their lives. Children are active social agents who construct, negotiate and respond to social situations. Expanding research to include their voices is not only critical for unearthing their lived experiences but would also add important knowledge to our understanding of childhood and parental separation due to incarceration.
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Institut für Afrikawissenschaften
Kontakt
Ulrike Auer
Institut für Afrikawissenschaften
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ulrike.auer@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Dienstag, 07. Mai 2019, 10:09
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 14. Mai 2019, 10:59