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



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Autore: Smirl Lisa Visualizza persona
Titolo: Spaces of aid : how cars, compounds and hotels shape humanitarianism / / Lisa Smirl Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015
[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina: 361.26
Soggetto topico: Humanitarian assistance - Management
Relief Work
Housing - ethics
International Cooperation
Development studies
Aid & relief programmes
Geopolitics
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Spaces of aid  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-350-22274-7
1-78360-353-4
1-78360-349-6
1-78360-351-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788171303321
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