... imagination subjectivity neediness care of the self ...

... loneliness old age neediness denigration of craft domesticity crafting ...

... involved knitting for “the needy,” be they needy in Finland or “out there in the world.” Many participated in advertised craft projects like Mother Teresa blankets and Aid Bunnies because this gave them a legitimate reason to seek out human connection. They found such connection (even if precarious...

... on by famine, war, genocide, and other calamities) exists around the world, this book shows that the “helpers” are often motivated to do aid work by their own, very real and pressing needs and neediness. The chapter presents the theoretical arc of the book through the use of three lenses: need, imagination...

... and targets the grassroots, concentrating on education, human rights issues, and entrepreneurialism—thus, more on human potential and things immaterial. The current moment, characterized by scholars as “neoliberal,” also mandates that needy individuals take responsibility for their own development...

... in the world,” and of it—and to be transformed by it. Helping became an alleviation of the aid workers’ own neediness. internationalism occupational solidarity travel sociality cosmopolitanism Finnish Red Cross ...