Future Makers – Mining Worlds in Kejetia, Ghana

Eleanor Fisher will show and discuss the 15-minutes long documentary Gold Matters in Kejetia (Gbane, Ghana) – Future Makers. The film was part of the collaborative EU-Horizon 2020 funded research led by Eleanor – Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: Transregional and Multi-actor Perspectives (GOLD MATTERS).

To make the film, Gold Matter’s team members anthropologist Sabine Luning and photographer Nii Obodai were joined by film-maker and director Gideo Vink and his collaborator Massihoud Barry. They teamed up with three miners of the mining community in Gbane: Lamisi Yiwaali, Zakari Imrana, and Haruna Bashiru to make a film about how they would like to portray their lives and mining worlds.

About Eleanor Fisher:
Eleanor Fisher is a Professor of International Development and Head of Research at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. Eleanor’s work engages with critical social science perspectives on society and environment, with recent research including work on artisanal mining; sustainability transformations; social equity and climate adaptation. Methodologically, she specializes in ethnographic approaches, participatory development and leading interdisciplinary collaborations