Tamale 2022
4th Triennial Conference: "Ghana at Crossroads"
4th Triennial Conference: "Ghana at Crossroads"
University for Development Studies, Tamale | 18–20 July 2022
Conference Theme
The 4th Triennial Conference Theme is "Ghana at Crossroads" because 2022 marks Ghana's 65 years of independence. Ghana is at an inflection point and is thus due for a complete evaluation of its governance, economy, and society. Building on the last GSA Triennial's exploration of "Ghana as Center," the 2022 conference asks participants to consider Ghana as and at a crossroads—in geographies; in networks of people and ideas; in disciplines and knowledge systems; and between past, present, and future.
It is fitting that this conference takes place in Tamale, Northern Ghana, a historical crossroads of intellectual, economic, political, and religious exchange. As generations of scholars have shown, actors in the region have harnessed the power of movement and networks and have cultivated indigenous epistemologies through scholarly and popular networks.
Subthemes
- •Ghana as/at a Crossroads
- •Ghana's Extractive Sectors, Habitat Destruction and Health
- •Education, Training and Employment
- •Climate Change, Agrarian Change and Green Energy/Technology
- •Knowledge Systems and Knowledge Production
- •Religious Practice, Past and Present
- •Sensing and Centering Race
- •Legislating Gender and Sexuality
- •Spaces and Networks of Activism
- •Popular Culture, Performing Arts and Social Media
- •Migration, Borders and Mobility
- •Elections, Politics and Leading Ghana at the Crossroads
- •Histories and Memories of Enslavement
- •Archaeology and Material Culture
- •Health and Healing
- •Special Topics