d49d25d8-255d-48db-afd2-35cbdfeca8e2 8ae26013-56bc-4b78-a4f7-a53e0472cfce Irit Eguavoen eguavoen@uni-bonn.de 2017-12-29T10:42:19 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Climate change and trajectories of blame in Northern Ghana 2013-01-01 Version of the cited resource This study provides an analysis of environmental observations by farmers, as well as of models of blame in Northern Ghana, an agricultural region of high vulnerability to climate change. Qualitative data were collected through a standardised questionnaire on the community’s consensus on how to explain observed changes. Responses were transcribed to allow content analysis. Natural data sets confirmed most local observations, but older age and the affectedness of the respondents were crucial in determining the views. Climate change was generally given a lower priority by the respondents compared to other manifestations of change, such as infrastructural development, human-spiritual relations and changes in social relations. Moreover, the respondents made reference to the blessing of the land and the destruction of the land. The destruction of the land was understood in a metaphorical way as the result of eroding social relationships and stagnation, as well as norm-breaking and lack of unity within the community. Thus, climate change was perceived in local social terms rather than based on global natural science knowledge. The article concludes that the anthropological analysis is meaningful and may serve as an entry point for further planning of adaptation and public education. Irit Eguavoen Center for Development Research, Department: Political and Cultural Change, University of Bonn Senior Researcher +49-228-73-4912 Walter-Flex-Straße 3 Bonn 53111 Germany eguavoen@uni-bonn.de https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=d49d25d8-255d-48db-afd2-35cbdfeca8e2&fname=type_scientific_publication.png large_thumbnail png GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet climate change farmers perception blame Ghana Region 2006-09-22 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions West Africa Citation: Eguavoen, I. (2013): Climate change and trajectories of blame in Northern Ghana. Anthropological Notebooks 19(1): 5-24 society -3.328832987235881 0.6262451372136477 8.635321970975198 11.426174857047176 PDF https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/file.disclaimer?uuid=d49d25d8-255d-48db-afd2-35cbdfeca8e2&fname=WSC_soc_trajectories-of-blame_northern-ghana_2013.pdf&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download WSC_soc_trajectories-of-blame_northern-ghana_2013.pdf File to download