Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami

Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami

<p>The paper traces a biography of the gift in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. It shows that the process of “commodification” of international aid was not produced by a monolithic humanitarian apparatus, considered as the perverse expression of the interference of the North on the South of the world....

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Main Author: Mara Benadusi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2014-03-01
Series:EtnoAntropologia
Subjects:
humanitarian aid
sri lanka
tsunami
competitive humanitarianism
anthropology of disasters
Online Access:http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/84
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spelling doaj-c3e47f5f2e094d6db0b5cdfbe31ea5fc2020-11-25T03:28:56ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762014-03-0121192810.1473/8483Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunamiMara Benadusi0Università di Catania<p>The paper traces a biography of the gift in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. It shows that the process of “commodification” of international aid was not produced by a monolithic humanitarian apparatus, considered as the perverse expression of the interference of the North on the South of the world. Various ethnographic studies prove that the “competitive humanitarianism” that emerged in Sri Lanka resulted by an interrelate network of individuals and organizations which overcomes the rigid distinction between beneficiaries and donors, expatriates and locals, experts and non-experts.</p>http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/84humanitarian aidsri lankatsunamicompetitive humanitarianismanthropology of disasters
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Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami
EtnoAntropologia
humanitarian aid
sri lanka
tsunami
competitive humanitarianism
anthropology of disasters
author_facet Mara Benadusi
author_sort Mara Benadusi
title Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami
title_short Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami
title_full Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami
title_fullStr Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami
title_full_unstemmed Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami
title_sort con-donare. ipertrofia del dono nello sri lanka post-tsunami
publisher CLUEB
series EtnoAntropologia
issn 2284-0176
publishDate 2014-03-01
description <p>The paper traces a biography of the gift in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. It shows that the process of “commodification” of international aid was not produced by a monolithic humanitarian apparatus, considered as the perverse expression of the interference of the North on the South of the world. Various ethnographic studies prove that the “competitive humanitarianism” that emerged in Sri Lanka resulted by an interrelate network of individuals and organizations which overcomes the rigid distinction between beneficiaries and donors, expatriates and locals, experts and non-experts.</p>
topic humanitarian aid
sri lanka
tsunami
competitive humanitarianism
anthropology of disasters
url http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/84
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