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dc.contributor.authorFernando, Udan*
dc.contributor.authorHilhorst, Dorothea*
dc.contributor.authorEade, Deborah*
dc.contributor.authorVaux, Tony*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.contributor.editorVaux, Tonyen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:58:10Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:58:10Zen
dc.date.issued2006-06-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614520600694844en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130819en
dc.descriptionThis article underlines the importance of grounding the analysis of humanitarian aid in an understanding of everyday practice. It presents ethnographic vignettes illustrating three aspects of aid response in Sri Lanka following the tsunami disaster in 2004. The first deals with the nature of humanitarian actors, the second explores how different kinds of politics intertwine, and the third considers humanitarian partnerships. The authors discuss the need for a shift in current academic approaches, where discussions on humanitarian aid usually start from the level of principles rather than practice. They argue that accounts of the everyday practices and dilemmas faced by NGOs help to correct blind expectations, expose uncritical admiration, and put unrealistic critiques into perspective.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent11en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/everyday-practices-of-humanitarian-aid-tsunami-response-in-sri-lanka-130819
dc.subjectHumanitarian
dc.subjectAid
dc.subjectConflict and disasters
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.titleEveryday practices of humanitarian aid: tsunami response in Sri Lankaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countrySri Lankaen
oxfam.subject.keywordAid effectiveness
oxfam.subject.keywordHumanitarian practice
oxfam.subject.keywordConflict
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordDisasters
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.issuenameHumanitarian Trends and Dilemmasen
prism.number3 & 4en
prism.volume16en
dc.year.issuedate2006en
dc.year.issuedate2006en
dc.year.issuedate2006en


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