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Development news: Justin Forsyth, Save The Children & abuse; don't send stuff in humanitarian emergencies! 'Poor, but happy' in India; Chinese monkey suits; blockchain summit; brutally honest answers from non-profits; indigenous activism in Ecuador; art from Kenya; poor Louise Linton!
Our digital lives: Nnedi Okorafor short story; networked governance; how to read Steven Pinker.
Publications: The complex political economy of urban reconstruction in Syria.
Academia: African women in science; decolonizing ICT4D research; performing being a digital ethnographer.
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After #oxfamscandal: Tough trade-offs ahead for the aid industry
But the aid industry is operating in the same mediatized and socio-political environment where other #MeToo moments and movements have been happening. This environment demands quick, visible and clear-cut changes-and anything that has to do with development usually works at a different speed. For substantial and longer-t…
Development news: Justin Forsyth, Save The Children & abuse; don't send stuff in humanitarian emergencies! 'Poor, but happy' in India; Chinese monkey suits; blockchain summit; brutally honest answers from non-profits; indigenous activism in Ecuador; art from Kenya; poor Louise Linton!
Our digital lives: Nnedi Okorafor short story; networked governance; how to read Steven Pinker.
Publications: The complex political economy of urban reconstruction in Syria.
Academia: African women in science; decolonizing ICT4D research; performing being a digital ethnographer.
Enjoy!
New from aidnography
After #oxfamscandal: Tough trade-offs ahead for the aid industry
But the aid industry is operating in the same mediatized and socio-political environment where other #MeToo moments and movements have been happening. This environment demands quick, visible and clear-cut changes-and anything that has to do with development usually works at a different speed. For substantial and longer-t…