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Spaces of Aid : How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 1783603496
ISBN-13 9781783603497
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Zed Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Mar 12th, 2015
Print length 264 Pages
Weight 346 grams
Dimensions 21.80 x 13.90 x 2.20 cms
Ksh 4,650.00
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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

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.


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