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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788171303321

Autore

Smirl Lisa

Titolo

Spaces of aid : how cars, compounds and hotels shape humanitarianism / / Lisa Smirl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22274-7

1-78360-353-4

1-78360-349-6

1-78360-351-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

361.26

Soggetti

Humanitarian assistance - Management

Relief Work

Housing - ethics

International Cooperation

Development studies

Aid & relief programmes

Geopolitics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.