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Artisan Livelihoods

Artisan Livelihoods is a socioeconomic construct within the festival economy that denotes the sustainable means of subsistence and income generation derived from traditional craft production and cultural practices, distinguished by its reliance on localized skills, heritage authenticity, and seasonal engagement in festive market systems.

164

Publications

7.2K

Citations

358

Authors

214

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

65

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Publications

164

De-agrarianization, re-agrarianization and local economic development: Re-orientating livelihoods in African artisanal mining communities

Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah, Gavin Hilson · Policy Sciences · 2009 · 246 citations

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Are Alternative Livelihood Projects Alleviating Poverty in Mining Communities? Experiences from Ghana

Gavin Hilson, Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah · The Journal of Development Studies · 2008 · 234 citations · Full text

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To Fish or Not to Fish: Factors at Multiple Scales Affecting Artisanal Fishers' Readiness to Exit a Declining Fishery

Tim M. Daw, Joshua E. Cinner, Tim R. McClanahan et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 205 citations · Full text

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Socio-economic and environmental implications of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) on agriculture and livelihoods

George Ofosu, Andreas Dittmann, David Sarpong et al. · Environmental Science & Policy · 2020 · 199 citations · Full text

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‘Agricultural Poverty’ and the Expansion of Artisanal Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences from Southwest Mali and Southeast Ghana

Gavin Hilson, Chris Garforth · Population Research and Policy Review · 2012 · 176 citations

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Authors

358

  1. GH
    Gavin Hilson

    University of Surrey, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

    h-index

  2. SJ
    Samuel J. Spiegel

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 326 citations

    5

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  3. SG
    Sara Geenen

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    5 publications · 297 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. RM
    Roy Maconachie

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 253 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. FA
    Francis Arthur-Holmes

    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

    2 publications · 110 citations

    2

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Institutions

214

  1. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Kumasi, Ghana

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    677 citations

  3. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    461 citations

  4. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    290 citations

  5. University for Development Studies

    Tamale, Ghana

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    124 citations

  6. Makerere University

    Kampala, Uganda

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    255 citations

  8. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    126 citations

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Venues

  1. Resources Policy

    9 publications · 637 citations

    9

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  2. The Extractive Industries and Society

    8 publications · 233 citations

    8

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  3. Journal of International Development

    7 publications · 527 citations

    7

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  4. Journal of Rural Studies

    6 publications · 294 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. The Journal of Development Studies

    5 publications · 566 citations

    5

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