Aidnography

The anniversary of my 300th link review coincides with another one: Pretty much exactly 20 years ago I took my first undergrad class in international development during my first semester at the University of Potsdam. Technically speaking, I never finished my BA in Political Science there, but my interest in development and global politics remains until today… Since I already shared reflections on curating #globaldev content on the occasion of previous anniversary postings , I thought I try out something else today and span a broader arch to some of my key learnings from following research and public debates in development for two decades now. Each of the points below probably deserves a post of its own, but in the meantime, let’s get the debate started! By the way: I sent out a ‘proper’ link review in my very first newsletter as a special treat to subscribers -so if you are not on the list, you know what you need to do now… I will be at the AidEx Expo in Brussels next week and hop...

Hi all, We had two long, but great days discussing blog project assignments with our Communication for Development students. I am also preparing for post link review #300 next week, but in the meantime... Development news: The problem with microcredit; Saudi's UN PR efforts; China's appetite for fishmeal is felt across Africa; Canada's expensive zombie mines; informality & gig economy in Africa; that blasted white savior complex; the enablers of 'More Than Me'; ICRC goes crowd-funding; toys-in-soap are great! Humanitarian ethics; Bengal famine; Poland in 1987; not burning out after 25 years of medical aid in Uganda. Our digital lives: Visa regimes & journalism; work is the problem of sex work; journalism while brown.   Publications: Questions about nudge theory; what's the impact of DfID's maternal health projects? ILO on air pollution & gender inequalities; World Bank's ComDev report; Fairtrade & the politics of metrics.   Acade...

Hi all, This week I needed to take a little break from blogging-but there's always time for a great weekly link review! Development news: You saw the Congo wedding pics, right, and thought 'WTF, white people...'; the political science of 'going local'; political economy reports nobody read; will Swedish mining executives go to jail for crimes in Sudan? The UN's failed 'war on drugs'; migrating from Nigeria; more on the World Development Report; UN wants to ban virginity tests; Optimism at the UNGA; What next for #AidToo? How to become a great #globaldev blogger? Our digital lives: Traveling on a 'weak' passport; the botification of Gmail communication. Publications: Technology for feminist creativity; security mapping Haiti. Academia: International criminal courts as sights of spectatorship; why we recycle.  Enjoy! Development news Dear White People... A couple took wedding photos of themselves appearing to be held at gunpoint in the 'Co...

Hi all, Welcome to your weekly gateway to #globaldev readings! Development news: Impressions from the Safeguarding Summit; foster care instead of orphanages; foreign aid in Indonesia; do no digital harm; Canada's development policy; Kenya's devolution; Vox's journalism on Effective Altruism; Canada's famous development twins under critique; remember Thomas Sankara; plus, snarky tweets all through the section ;)! Our digital lives: Small-scale tourism in developing countries in an age of platform capitalism. Publications: Successful campaigns; humanitarian journalism; breastfeeding at the workplace. Academia: An African feminist reading list; reviewing the fall of the HAU publication project. Enjoy! New from aidnography Who really needs a World Development Report? If nothing else, Changing Nature of Work is an interesting case study on the communicative and discursive environment around so-called ‘flagship reports’. Their framing, but also the framing of the cri...