Aidnography

Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we are taking a closer look at Chapter 33 - Varieties of European humanitarianism - contributed by Silke Roth and Tobias Denskus. From the introduction  European humanitarianism is inextricably intertwined with European colonialism and its legacies (see Chapter 2 by O’Leary McNeice on Humanitarianism and colonialism in this volume).  The violent eradication of Indigenous people and their environments, their knowledge and beliefs, is related to European humanitarianism (see Chapter 27 by Gurr on Humanitarianism and Native America and Chapter 28 by Sobocinska on Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Regions in this volume). Long after the end of slavery, colonial institutions regulating ethno-racial stratification have lasting consequences for humanitarian crises in contemporary neo-liberal societies (see Chapter 15 by Nar...

Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we are taking a closer look at Chapter 32 - The Latin American experience: inequality’s role in shaping humanitarianism – contributed by Oscar A. Gómez, Simone Lucatello and Rodrigo Mena. From the introduction  This chapter explores the possible connection between two basic facts about inequality and humanitarianism in Latin America. The first, seemingly incontrovertible fact is how Latin America is one of the world’s most unequal regions. Inequality in the region has been repeatedly highlighted in the development studies literature concerning income and other human development dimensions – i.e., education and gender. Such inequality has been linked to colonial legacies in the distribution of political and economic power, as well as social structures (see Chapter 2 by O’Leary McNeice on Humanitarianism and colonialism in this ...