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Spaces of aid : how cars, compounds and hotels shape humanitarianism / Lisa Smirl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smirl, Lisa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian assistance--Management.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Relief Work.
- Housing--ethics.
- International Cooperation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Relief Work.
- Housing--ethics.
- International Cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Stories from the field, stories of t̀he field': how aid workers experience the space of the field mission
- 2. Exploring the humanitarian enclave
- 3. How the built environment shapes humanitarian intervention
- 4. Building home away from home: post-tsunami Aceh, and the single-family house
- 5. Playing house: rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Katrina.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- ISBN:
- 9781350222748
- 1350222747
- 9781783603534
- 1783603534
- 9781783603497
- 1783603496
- 9781783603510
- 1783603518
- OCLC:
- 904437702
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