Law, land and what lies beneath: exploring mining impacts on customary law and cultural heritage protection in Ghana and Western Australia

Apoh, Wazi; Wissing, Kirsty; Treasure, Wendy; Fardin, Joe

doi:10.1080/14725843.2017.1319752

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“…Carefully developed tourism, native food businesses and land management balance commerce with the preservation of traditional knowledge, art and sacred places (Concu 2012;Ruhanen et al 2015;Logue et al 2018). A more contentious use of traditional lands is in the extractive industries, where First Nations entities have experienced mixed success in exercising their authority over land use (O'Faircheallaigh 2008;Barber and Jackson 2012;Marsh 2013;Haalboom 2014;O'Faircheallaigh 2015;Apoh et al 2017;Carson et al 2018;Howlett and Lawrence 2019;Guevara et al 2020;Holcombe and Kemp 2020;Kaur and Qian 2021).…”

Section: Background Context: a Brief History Of Colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A more contentious use of traditional lands is in the extractive industries, where First Nations entities have experienced mixed success in exercising their authority over land use (O'Faircheallaigh 2008; Barber and Jackson 2012; Marsh 2013; Haalboom 2014; O'Faircheallaigh 2015; Apoh et al. 2017; Carson et al. 2018; Howlett and Lawrence 2019; Guevara et al.…”

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Accounting and First Nations: A Systematic Literature Review and Directions for Future Research

Norris

Kutubi

Greenland

2022

Australian Accounting Review

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This paper presents a synthesis of academic research focused on First Nations peoples, contrasting First Nations versus non-Indigenous understandings of accounting and accountability. Key themes and trends in past research are identified across 51 publications spanning four decades, and directions for future research are proposed. The need for more culturally responsive accounting is well established, and past studies highlight the inadequacies of reporting practices which do not appear to capture the priorities and nuances of First Nations entities. The focus and execution of accounting research is shifting towards more contemporary experiences with accounting, and the contribution of First Nations worldviews to advances in non-financial reporting. This paper systematically explains the inadequacies of contemporary reporting practices and encourages the accounting community to reflect on future opportunities. It is therefore relevant to both academics and practitioners seeking to uphold the rights of First Nations peoples to self-determination in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Further work is urgently required to ensure First Nations organisations are adequately supported in their reporting practices, to incorporate traditional knowledges and to achieve positive outcomes for their communities.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Background Context: a Brief History Of Colonialismmentioning

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Accounting and First Nations: A Systematic Literature Review and Directions for Future Research

Norris

Kutubi

Greenland

2022

Australian Accounting Review

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“…Postcolonial studies of organization and development have singled out issues of land ownership as particularly contentious; here, the ambitions of MNCs within industries such as mining and agriculture are in direct conflict with the traditions of local communities, and interventions by state authorities and/or international organizations have more often than not proved to cater to MNC interests (Apoh et al, 2017;Banerjee, 2000Banerjee, , 2018Rahmato, 2014). In such studies, we see the general contours of the more specific argument that current development initiatives constitute a neo-colonial 'scramble': Such initiatives, it is argued, are not only indirectly complicit in but actively supportive of corporate take-overs of land and other natural resources in the developing world, generally, and Africa, more particularly (Moyo, Yeros & Jha, 2012;Carmody, 2016).…”

Section: The Governance Of Land: a Critical Casementioning

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Corporate Scramble for Africa? Towards a postcolonial framework for transglocal development governance

Gammelgaard

Haakonsson

Just³

2019

Organization Studies

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Building on postcolonial critical organization and development studies, this paper explores the neo-colonial drive of a global development initiative. The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NA) was launched in 2012 and provides a governance framework for partnerships between donors, governments, and companies that applies principles and practices of market-led growth as means to the end of inclusive development. Through an in-depth, multilevel analysis that juxtaposes the NA’s stipulated framework with the lived experiences of smallholder farmers in Malawi, one of ten African countries to participate in NA, the paper shows how local consequences are decoupled from global goals through governance gaps in both the horizontal and vertical dynamics of implementation. This decoupling of intention and consequence, we argue, happens at the national level of translating global principles into local practices. On the basis of this analysis, we suggest that vertical and horizontal governance must be integrated in one framework. Thus, we contribute to ongoing efforts to improve the theory and practice of the organization of development by introducing a framework of transglocal governance.

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“…This brings to the fore a number of issues bedeviling the conservation of heritage sites in Ghana. A review of the Antiquities Law (NLCD 387) and the Environmental Protection Agency regulations of Ghana, reveals that presently there is no law that compels contractors to consult with archaeologists before they embark on their construction and heritage destruction activities (Apoh et al, 2017). In this case, the destruction of this historic site came very late to the notice of the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies (DAHS) of the University of Ghana.…”

Section: Addressing the Effects Of Climate Change On Coastal Heritage Inmentioning

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“…In Ghana, however, legislative instruments on heritage research, conservation and promotion are limited. The Ghana National Museums Act of 1969, (NLCD 387) is the only legal binding legislation that encapsulates heritage resources in Ghana, however the clauses are antiquated and do not meet the exigencies of current times (Apoh et al, 2017). The act extensively defines antiquity and objects of 'archaeological' interest, by using the term 'archaeology' as the foundation for the definitions (see N.L.C.D 387 section 29).…”

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Climate change and the mitigating tool of salvage archaeology: The case of the Fort Kongensten site at Ada Foah, Ghana

Aryee¹,

Apoh²

2018

Legon J. Hum.

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In the ongoing attempts at lessening the hydra-headed impacts of climate change, this paper explored the strategic use of salvage archaeology in the scientific retrieval and documentation of heritage remains and sites under the threat of climate change. In doing so, the research examined the effects of climate change and global warming on coastal heritage resources. Specifically, in Ghana, sea levels have been steadily rising over the centuries leading to the erosion of coastlines and the submergence of historic coastal settlements to about 110 metres inland. A historic Danish Fort Kongensten constructed in 1783 along the coast of Ada-Foah in Ghana, for example, has been totally eroded away by the rising sea water. This paper assesses how salvage archaeology was used to retrieve, document and conserve cultural materials associated with the fort. It also explored the extent to which salvage archaeology and anthropology can be used as tools in climate change mitigation projects in impacted zones.

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Law, land and what lies beneath: exploring mining impacts on customary law and cultural heritage protection in Ghana and Western Australia

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Accounting and First Nations: A Systematic Literature Review and Directions for Future Research

Accounting and First Nations: A Systematic Literature Review and Directions for Future Research

Corporate Scramble for Africa? Towards a postcolonial framework for transglocal development governance

Climate change and the mitigating tool of salvage archaeology: The case of the Fort Kongensten site at Ada Foah, Ghana

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