New Thinking: Queer Activism in Ghana w/ Ellie Gore
Explore the political economy of queer activism in Ghana, queer men's experiences, and the intersection of HIV, rights, and colonial legacies.
Queer men bear a disproportionate burden of HIV in Africa, but how do they experience the global development agenda of sexual health and sexual rights? What does a political economy approach bring to research on global development? How does queer political economy build on feminist approaches to help us locate contemporary Ghanian politics in histories of capitalism and colonialism? What are the lived experiences of queer men in Ghana in this context and what are their priorities in the struggle for queer liberation? How does an ethnographic methodology help researchers answer these questions and more?
Dr Ellie Gore is a Lecturer in Global Political Economy at University of Manchester and Dr Natalie Langford is Lecturer in Sustainability at University of Sheffield. They join Dr Remi Edwards to discuss Ellie's new book Between HIV prevention and LGBTI rights: the political economy of queer activism in Ghana (University of Michigan Press).
Publications referenced in the podcast include:
- Ellie Gore (2024) Between HIV Prevention and LGBTI Rights: The political economy of queer activism in Ghana. University of Michigan Press.
- Ellie Gore (2022) 'Understanding Queer Oppression and Resistance in the Global Economy: Towards a Theoretical Framework for Political Economy', New Political Economy 27/2, 296-311.
- Saidiya V. Hartman (2021/2006) Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route. Serpent's Tail.
- María Lugones (2007) 'Heterosexualism and the Colonial / Modern Gender System', Hypatia 22/1, 186-209.
Credits
- Chris Saltmarsh, Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Sheffield
- Remi Edwards, Research and Impact Associate at SPERI
- Frank Maracchione, PhD Research Student at the University of Sheffield
- Emma Mahoney, PhD Candidate at the University of Sheffield
- Dillon Wamsley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at SPERI
- Andrew Hindmoor, Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Co-Director at SPERI
- Dr Natalie Langford, Lecturer in Sustainability at the University of Sheffield
- Dr Ellie Gore, Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of Manchester
