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Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six
recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning,
"hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes,
chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and
climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are
increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional,
newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as
isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights
developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling
argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global
phenomena.
Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six
recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning,
"hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes,
chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and
climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are
increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional,
newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as
isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights
developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling
argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global
phenomena.
After Haiti's 2010 earthquake, over half of U.S. households donated
to thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in that
country. Yet we continue to hear stories of misery from Haiti. Why
have NGOs failed at their mission?
Set in Haiti during the 2004 coup and aftermath and enhanced by
research conducted after the 2010 earthquake, "Killing with
Kindness" analyzes the impact of official development aid on
recipient NGOs and their relationships with local communities.
Written like a detective story, the book offers rich enthnographic
comparisons of two Haitian women's NGOs working in HIV/AIDS
prevention, one with public funding (including USAID), the other
with private European NGO partners. Mark Schuller looks at
participation and autonomy, analyzing donor policies that inhibit
these goals. He focuses on NGOs' roles as intermediaries in
"gluing" the contemporary world system together and shows how power
works within the aid system as these intermediaries impose
interpretations of unclear mandates down the chain--a process
Schuller calls "trickle-down imperialism."
Homing Devices is a collection of ethnographies that address the
central problem affecting not only the United States but also other
developed and developing nations around the globe-affordable
housing. These ethnographies cut across national and cultural
borders, offering a diverse look at housing policies and practices
as well as addressing the problems associated with providing or
obtaining affordable housing. The studies incorporate perspectives
of both policymakers and recipients and as such provide comparative
insight into public housing policy programs and practices based on
qualitative research. The collected experts provide an analysis of
such problems as displacement, resettlement, policy implementation,
collaborative planning, exclusionary practices, environmental
racism, and silencing the voices of dissent. Editors Schuller and
thomas-houston have assembled a strong volume that offers a fresh
approach to discussing policy while bringing the particular problem
of housing to the forefront in a way that will appeal to scholars
of anthropology and social science, governmental policy
departments, and activists from the general public across the
nation.
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the deadliest disasters in
modern history, sparking an international aid response - with
pledges and donations of $16 billion - that was exceedingly
generous. But now, five years later, that generous aid has clearly
failed. In Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti, anthropologist Mark
Schuller captures the voices of those involved in the earthquake
aid response, and they paint a sharp, unflattering view of the
humanitarian enterprise. Schuller led an independent study of eight
displaced-persons camps in Haiti, compiling more than 150
interviews ranging from Haitian front-line workers and camp
directors to foreign humanitarians and many displaced Haitian
people. The result is an insightful account of why the
multi-billion-dollar aid response not only did little to help but
also did much harm, triggering a range of unintended consequences,
rupturing Haitian social and cultural institutions, and actually
increasing violence, especially against women. The book shows how
Haitian people were removed from any real decision-making, replaced
by a top-down, NGO-dominated system of humanitarian aid, led by an
army of often young, inexperienced foreign workers. Ignorant of
Haitian culture, these aid workers unwittingly enacted policies
that triggered a range of negative results. Haitian interviewees
also note that the NGOs ""planted the flag"", and often tended to
""just do something"", always with an eye to the ""photo op"" (in
no small part due to the competition over funding). Worse yet, they
blindly supported the eviction of displaced people from the camps,
forcing earthquake victims to relocate in vast shantytowns that
were hotbeds of violence. Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti
concludes with suggestions to help improve humanitarian aid in the
future, perhaps most notably, that aid workers listen to - and
respect the culture of - the victims of catastrophe.
Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic
system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life,
powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist
reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries.
How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and-death
struggles?  Humanity’s Last Stand dares to ask these big
questions, exploring the interconnections between climate change,
global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy. As it unearths
how capitalism was born from plantation slavery and the slaughter
of Indigenous people, it also invites us to imagine life after
capitalism. The book teaches its readers how to cultivate an
anthropological imagination, a mindset that remains attentive to
local differences even as it identifies global patterns of
inequality and racism. Â Surveying the struggles of
disenfranchised peoples around the globe from frontline communities
affected by climate change, to #BlackLivesMatter activists, to
Indigenous water protectors, to migrant communities facing
increasing hostility, anthropologist Mark Schuller argues
that we must develop radical empathy in order to move
beyond simply identifying as “allies” and start acting as
“accomplices.” Bringing together the insights of
anthropologists and activists from many cultures, this timely study
shows us how to stand together and work toward a more inclusive
vision of humanity before it’s too late. More information and
instructor resources (https://humanityslaststand.org)
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the deadliest disasters in
modern history, sparking an international aid response - with
pledges and donations of $16 billion - that was exceedingly
generous. But now, five years later, that generous aid has clearly
failed. In Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti, anthropologist Mark
Schuller captures the voices of those involved in the earthquake
aid response, and they paint a sharp, unflattering view of the
humanitarian enterprise. Schuller led an independent study of eight
displaced-persons camps in Haiti, compiling more than 150
interviews ranging from Haitian front-line workers and camp
directors to foreign humanitarians and many displaced Haitian
people. The result is an insightful account of why the
multi-billion-dollar aid response not only did little to help but
also did much harm, triggering a range of unintended consequences,
rupturing Haitian social and cultural institutions, and actually
increasing violence, especially against women. The book shows how
Haitian people were removed from any real decision-making, replaced
by a top-down, NGO-dominated system of humanitarian aid, led by an
army of often young, inexperienced foreign workers. Ignorant of
Haitian culture, these aid workers unwittingly enacted policies
that triggered a range of negative results. Haitian interviewees
also note that the NGOs ""planted the flag"", and often tended to
""just do something"", always with an eye to the ""photo op"" (in
no small part due to the competition over funding). Worse yet, they
blindly supported the eviction of displaced people from the camps,
forcing earthquake victims to relocate in vast shantytowns that
were hotbeds of violence. Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti
concludes with suggestions to help improve humanitarian aid in the
future, perhaps most notably, that aid workers listen to - and
respect the culture of - the victims of catastrophe.
After Haiti's 2010 earthquake, over half of U.S. households donated
to thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in that
country. Yet we continue to hear stories of misery from Haiti. Why
have NGOs failed at their mission?
Set in Haiti during the 2004 coup and aftermath and enhanced by
research conducted after the 2010 earthquake, "Killing with
Kindness" analyzes the impact of official development aid on
recipient NGOs and their relationships with local communities.
Written like a detective story, the book offers rich enthnographic
comparisons of two Haitian women's NGOs working in HIV/AIDS
prevention, one with public funding (including USAID), the other
with private European NGO partners. Mark Schuller looks at
participation and autonomy, analyzing donor policies that inhibit
these goals. He focuses on NGOs' roles as intermediaries in
"gluing" the contemporary world system together and shows how power
works within the aid system as these intermediaries impose
interpretations of unclear mandates down the chain--a process
Schuller calls "trickle-down imperialism."
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