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we regulated this violence; which system of government, in other words, would save us from ourselves. Nature is nothing more than an imperial construct 2 . Writ large over colonisation and the modern will to rule, it provided the sure moral and civilisational basis for taming ‘savage life’ 3 . While claims of native violence were mythologised and consecrated through Orientalist frames throughout the period of colonial imperialism ( Said, 2019 ), the very idea that nature entailed violence and civilisation entailed its ending has never stood up to empirical fact
activities. This was just another real incredible archive. They would have been as a result of those publications for kids. And they were hugely successful. Bramley observed how the educational mission of CIDA had an impact on the very quality and the nature of the visual media itself. According to her, the fact that the pictures were taken for educational purposes often freed the photographers from the limitations associated with pictures made for sale ( Bramley, 2017 ). Hélène Tremblay, for instance, introduced her volumes on Families of the World by discussing
conceptualisation of the digital divide as a matter of access that results in the ‘haves’ versus the ‘have nots’. She convincingly argues that this definition, developed in the West, does not capture the complexities and transient nature of refugees using digital technology. The current refugee crisis has witnessed the displacement of close to 70 million people worldwide ( UNHCR, 2019 ) due to political conflict, criminal violence and war. While the waves of migrants reaching the coast of
at IMPACT, a partnership formed in 1986 (as Partnership Africa Canada) devoted to the management of, in their own words, ‘natural resources in areas where security and human rights are at risk’. I discovered a remarkable convergence in their concerns, despite discrepancies in the size of their organizations, their sectors of activity, and the nature of their publics. This article presents their testimonies in the following order: how they learned their skills in humanitarian communications, how and why they adapted them to digital technologies, the distribution
practice and what constitutes an archive. This discussion brings practitioners and historians to engage on the nature of the dialogue between historical and humanitarian ways of thinking. They debate the role of historical perspectives in strategically significant ‘proof of concept’ humanitarian missions. In reflecting on the archiving projects in which they have each recently engaged, the authors bring a different angle to the discussion of humanitarian knowledge and knowledge production. In doing
humanitarian corridor terminology became part of the interventionist diplomacy lexicon. Under the aegis of the United Nations, States tried to contain conflicts within their borders by creating neutral zones linked to humanitarian corridors supposed to encourage populations to stay or return to their country of origin by guaranteeing them assistance. The nature and modalities of assistance delivery thus radically changed to meet the needs of internally displaced populations, with humanitarian action increasingly deployed within zones of disputed sovereignty and no longer
Introduction ‘ I remember [years ago] being in a refugee camp in Syria, and when there were demonstrations and people picked up sticks and were throwing stones, and we were like, ‘Alright, that’s it, we’re withdrawing until they settle down.’ We withdrew for two days until they came and apologised and then we went back in again. Sticks and stones are a piece of cake compared to what we face now. ’ 1 Relayed by a humanitarian worker interviewed for this article, the quote paints a vivid portrait of the way that many humanitarians view the shifting nature
innovation has always been central to humanitarian action, the systematic application, study and implementation of proactive innovation is [relatively] recent. ( Elrha, 2018a ) In addition, while it is indeed the case that there has been a multiplication in the number of innovation labs, studies and funds (Currion, Innovation Issue), there has also been an evolution in the nature and substance of humanitarian innovation. This has enabled the agenda to better match the complexity of the problems it seeks to address. To illustrate, from Elrha’s own innovation
adaptation in the humanitarian field ( Sandvik, 2017 ) and consider humanitarian pasts and futures: earlier humanitarian uses of body tracking devices for care and control, together with how contemporary affordances in emergencies shape ideas about what wearables can be used for, on whom and how. I suggest that what the ‘humanitarian wearable’ tells us about the nature of digital humanitarianism can be the point of departure for articulating a critique of aid in
intent to affect healthcare could still be defined as such by virtue of its implications for healthcare. This conflation between attacks affecting healthcare and attacks on healthcare is found consistently throughout SSA’s guidelines. PHR (2019a) , the ICRC (2015 : 4), and Haar et al. (2018) similarly focus on the healthcare-related nature of the victim/object, instead of intent. Meanwhile, ICRC has taken a more mixed approach, reflecting its