...Militarized Humanitarianism ...

..., and even embarrassing. The Aid Bunny and Trauma Teddy were central to the analytical development of the concept of the mere. The aged and often abjectly lonely knitters of these “humanitarian gifts”—no longer “productive members of society,” thus “useless”—also dwelt in the realm of the mere. Humanitarian...

...Civilizing Interventions<subtitle>Development &amp; Humanitarianism</subtitle> This chapter historicizes the emergence of child marriage as an object of developmental concern in contemporary Bangladesh, illuminating new power constellations and frames of intervention in the process...

... This chapter addresses GBVAW (gender-based violence against women) as humanitarian intervention in the context of the catastrophized space of the Gaza Strip. Over the period that Gazans have become immiserated by the combined forces of international sanctions, Israeli siege and devastating...

... This chapter is a study of Nuruddin Farah’s Gifts . It examines the novel’s articulation of an alternative model of giving to that of Western humanitarian aid, which has deprived the Somali people of their autonomy and humanity because it dehumanizes them by reducing them to the passive victims...

... In 2007, the Australian government seized by compulsory acquisition seventy-three remote Aboriginal communities and townships to “stabilize and normalize” what was constructed as a national emergency humanitarian crisis. Chapter 1 models the so-called crisis of remote Aboriginal communities...

... After an overview of the history of the legal creation of the category of “refugee” and the creation of the international refugee regime, the chapter reviews the history of refugee resettlement in the United States. The discussion reveals that the humanitarian management of refugees is centrally...

... Chapter Four, “An Archive of Humanitarian Settlement,” presents a history of the planning and settlement of Ifo, Dagaheley, and Hagadera camps, moving through a carefully constructed archive and adopting the historical convention of periodization to assemble a history of the Dadaab refugee camps...