New issue: The Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
Issue 4.3 of the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs is a special issue edited by Dr Evan Easton-Calabria and Dr Andreas Hackl on digital refugee livelihoods.
This issue provides an overview of the digital economy as it relates to refugees, followed by humanitarian debates relating to fair and decent work, market-driven aid, and the humanitarian-development gap.
New issue: Human Remains and Violence Vol 9 Issue 1
Human Remains and Violence (9.1) is a general issue featuring five original contributions grounded in art history, social anthropology, museology and forensic anthropology. They all enlighten the aesthetic, moral and political issues surrounding various funeral, scientific or patrimonial treatments of human remains in nineteenth-, twentieth- and twenty-first-century Europe and the United States.
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African cities and collaborative futures
African cities and collaborative futures: Urban platforms and metropolitan logistics brings together scholars from across the globe to discuss the nature of African cities – the interactions of residents with infrastructure, energy, housing, safety and sustainability, seen through local narratives and theories. This groundbreaking collection, drawing on a variety of fields and extensive first-hand research, offers a fresh perspective on some of the most pressing issues confronting urban Africa in the twenty-first century.