Lisa Smirl

Spaces of Aid

How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark work that à â â through analysing the three key symbolic sites of the grand hotel, the SUV and the compound à â â shows why we urgently need to think differently about humanitarian theory and practice

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781783603497
• ISBN-10: 1783603496
• Artikelnr.: 41827494

Autorenporträt

Lisa Smirl

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Stories from the field, stories of 'the 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
Conclusion