Combat charities and the mediatization of extreme humanitarian volunteering
I recently shared an article by Milli Lake and Sarah E. Parkinson on political scientists ‘out-dangering’ one another in their field research in fragile states. The ‘exotic’ site of the past has turned...
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Hi all,Happy midsommar from Sweden! Enjoy reading this weekend!Development news: Combat charities in Mosul; one year after the World Humanitarian Summit; does Daily Mail’s criticism of aid matter?...
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Hi all,I'm at a workshop about communication for development in the context of Germany today hosted by the University of Leipzig. There should be plenty of material for a blog post next week! In the...
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Radio Okapi Kindu (book review)
Jennifer Bakody’s memoir Radio Okapi Kindu-The Station That Helped Bring Peace to the Congo on her time as a UN communications officer and local radio station manager in Kindu, DRC in the early 2000s...
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Hi all,It's Friday-and you know what that means: New #globaldev stuff and more from Aidnography!Development news: Immersing with a family in Kenya; aid reforms; refugees & DAC-spending; the...
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Maybe it was purely coincidental. Or maybe it was because I have more time to engage with digital content during my summer teaching break, but there seems to be an increased number of well-known...
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Hi all,Despite the lack of sun in Sweden, this post still counts as a ‘summer post’… Development news: The war in South Sudan; failing to learn from Biafra in Nigeria; Aga Khan’s 60 year of slow...
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Hi all,Did I mention that 'summer' has so far passed by the South of Sweden and I am finishing this review on a November-like gloomy afternoon...anyway, there is lots to discover this week-regardless...
View ArticleThe privilege of giving career advice in international development
After Duncan Green mentioned George Monbiot’s career adviceand added some reflections from his aid industry policy angle, I am yet another (white) man with a stable career – this time in academia – who...
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Hi all,Surrounded by moving boxes comes the latest link review!Development news: Did Angelina Jolie really do harm on her film set? What are the Clooneys up to in Lebanon? Haiti's sewage problem;...
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Reporting the Retreat (book review)
To be honest, I am not much of a military history person. I am also not exactly a WWII person either when it comes to readings at the intersection of work and leisure. But Philip Woods’ Reporting the...
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Hi all, I'm wrapping up a fantastic week of teaching at a summer academy in Northern Germany! Lots of great discussions about the past, present & future of development and aid work! I even managed...
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Hi all, August still seems to be a bit quieter as we are slowly getting into gear for a new semester and new academic adventures! Nonetheless, there's always great food for thought and excellent...
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Hi all, Development news: Louise 'In Congo's Shadow' Linton is back! Bill Easterly admits that he was wrong! A special section on a 'Reading The Congo'; quitting Peace Corps; how to get into the...
View ArticleReading #Harvey through a #globaldev lens
In 2013 I posted some readings that I found particularly helpful in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the Philippines. Many articles are still relevant in the current situation with Harvey...
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Hi all, We welcomed close to 200 new students this week in our ComDev program and both the US and large parts of South Asia experience disastrous flooding situations. I started a special link review...
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Hi all, If you happen to be in Tallinn, Estonia early next week, I'd love to catch up at and around the DigitalisingDevelopment event which I will be attending!In other news:Development news: Can...
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Hi all, Link review #250 should be an occasion to pause and reflect for a moment-just not this week which is far from over yet and it has been quite hectic So let me just say 'THANK YOU!' for producing...
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Hi all, The developments at Third World Quarterly were definitely the top story in my networks this week-a fascinating case study about changing academic publishing cultures, core values of development...
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