Overview

This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focussed on the organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The emphasis of the collection is on practising anthropology within humanitarian situations, reflecting on how anthropology contributes to the development of operational response. Each chapter presents an experience of working within a particular MSF project and highlights the real issues that anthropologists of humanitarian practice confront. The volume will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, development studies and global health, as well as to NGO staff and health professionals.

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Author:   Jean-François Véran ,  Doris Burtscher ,  Beverley Stringer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367419998

ISBN 10:   0367419998
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   04 May 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Anthropology in humanitarian situations; 1. Changing contexts in humanitarianism: a challenge for anthropology; 2. A medical operational perspective on anthropology in the setting of MSF; 3. Ethical considerations and anthropology: the MSF experience; 4. Emergency in practice: doing an ethnography of malnutrition in South Sudan; 5. The paradox of safe birth: The interaction between anthropology and medical humanitarianism – the dilemma of an MSF medical strategy versus health-seeking behaviour of Pashtun women in Khost province, Afghanistan; 6. Whose culture needs to be questioned? Access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Homa Bay, Kenya; 7. Back to Life. Ebola survivors in Liberia: from imaginary heroes to political agents; 8. Invisible Dengue: Epidemics and Politics in Léogâne, Haiti; 9. Revealing causes beyond culture: An MSF surgical project through the lens of anthropology and health promotion; 10. ‘Yaya hankuri da mutani?’ (How is your patience with the people?) A medical anthropological inquiry into treatment challenges in the Anka Local Government Area, Zamfara Heavy Metal Treatment Project, Nigeria; 11. Dealing with the body social: an ethnography of dialogue in a health clinic, south Tehran, Iran; 12. The New Missionaries. An Anthropological Reflection on Humanitarian Action in Critical Situations

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Jean-François Véran is Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Between 2013 and 2019, he served as Anthropology Advisor in the Brazilian Medical Unit (BRAMU) of MSF Brazil. Doris Burtscher has worked as a medical anthropologist with MSF since 2001. She is a medical anthropology referent in the MSF Vienna Evaluation Unit and lectures at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Beverley Stringer is a social anthropologist and trained nurse based in London. With extensive field experience, she set up and leads the Social Science team for the Dutch operational section of MSF. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK.

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