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Mark Schuller, “Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti” (Rutgers UP, 2016)
Mark Schuller, “Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti” (Rutgers UP, 2016)
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2016
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Podcast episode
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The earthquake that shook Haiti on January 12, 2010 killed and destroyed the homes of hundreds of thousands of people. Mark Schuller‘s book Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti (Rutgers University Press, 2016) takes readers into the temporary camps in Port au Prince and offers a searing critique of the NGOs and aid organizations that organized relief efforts. Despite good intentions, the assumptions and practices of many of those organizations all too frequently resulted in the separation of families, sexual violence, and a continuation of racist hierarchies. And yet Schuller finds some success stories amidst the continuing tragedy. This is a necessary read for anyone interested in the complexities of humanitarianism, in US-Haiti relations, and in the politics of catastrophe.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Apr 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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