Spaces of Aid
How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism
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ISBN-13:
9781783603497
Veröffentl:
2015
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.04.2015
Seiten:
264
Autor:
Lisa Smirl
Gewicht:
351 g
Format:
216x136x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they've signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or checking emails from within gated compounds while surrounding communities have no running water.Spaces of Aid provides the first book-length analysis of what has colloquially been referred to as Aid Land. It explores in depth two high-profile case studies, the Aceh tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, in order to uncover a fascinating history of the objects and spaces that have become an endemic yet unexamined part of the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
A landmark work that - through analysing the three key symbolic sites of the grand hotel, the SUV and the compound - shows why we urgently need to think differently about humanitarian theory and practice
ForewordPrefaceIntroduction1. Stories from the field, stories of 'the field': how aid workers experience the space of the field mission2. Exploring the humanitarian enclave3. How the built environment shapes humanitarian intervention4. Building home away from home: post-tsunami Aceh and the single-family house5. Playing house: rebuilding the Gulf Coast after KatrinaConclusion
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