Schuler, Maria-Theres,

Disability and Aid : An Ethnography of Logics and Practices of Distribution in a Ugandan Refugee Camp / An Ethnography of Logics and Practices of Distribution in a Ugandan Refugee Camp Maria-Theres Schuler. - 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations. - Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; 32 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; 32. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Copyright page / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Preface / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Acknowledgements / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Glossary of Locally Used Terms / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Abbreviations / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Part 1 / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 2 Food Aid Beyond Survival / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 3 More than Having a Roof over One’s Head / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Part 2 / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 4 Care for “People Who Cannot Help Themselves” / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 5 Work in View of “The Life of the Hoe” / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Part 3 / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 6 Disability as a Category of Difference / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 7 When the Heart Does Not Settle – Life in Transit / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Chapter 8 Considering a Different Logic of Distribution / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Maria-Theres Schuler -- Index / Maria-Theres Schuler.

* The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. * At a time when rights are increasingly placed on the humanitarian agenda, this book provides a unique ethnographic account of the dynamics of aid to disabled people in a Ugandan refugee camp. By unraveling the complexities of social, material and institutional interdependencies, the author invites us to rethink conventional notions of dependence and vulnerability. Exploring issues of personhood as they relate to the exchange of material goods and care, the book offers a thought-provoking perspective on the seemingly promising shift towards a rights-based approach. A compelling read for anyone seeking to reshape the humanitarian agenda.


English

9789004683020

110.1163/9789004683020 DOI

2023044519


African fiction.
African literature.
Postcolonialism.

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