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This calendar week a reader & colleague informed me that Alessandra Pigni passed away inwards Dec 2018. What terrible news. Michael Edwards re-published some of her writing inwards her memory for Open Democracy:
Between 2013 too 2017 Transformation published 4 articles past times Alessandra Pigni on the human relationship betwixt personal too political change. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 specialist inwards mindfulness grooming inwards humanitarian organisations, Pigni's path-breaking ideas are collected together inwards The Idealist’s Survival Kit. 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout. As she puts it at the halt of this article:
"I, for one, am interested, non merely inwards exploring but inwards living inwards that infinite where critical thinking too reflective practise come across justice, too the capacity to dearest oneself too others. How? I don’t know. I merely envisage this every bit the activism too humanitarianism of the 21st century, non merely rallies or charity, but something new, where institutions don’t pause people’s spirit, where personal wellbeing is non chased inwards isolation, too where ‘doing’ too ‘being’ are non mutually exclusive."
Even though nosotros never met inwards someone our communications were a nifty illustration of the possibilities of digital evolution run inwards its best too broadest sense too her writings volition stay a key resources on assistance worker well-being.

Development news: Welcome to The New Humanitarian! Global media vs local context-Ghana 'child slaves' edition; endemic violence against native women inwards North America; #ThisIsMyHustle inwards Nigeria; polluted Mongolia; refugee cities inwards Uganda; mensuration SDGs-it's complicated; digital colonialism; pastors & miracles; imperialism was boring, yet destructive; Ethiopia's outset superhero comic.

Publications: Situational awareness; localizing the ICC; research to policy gap reloaded.

Academia: Discrimination & abuse inwards Economics & the never-ending stories of highered move & conferencing cultures.

Enjoy!

Development news
Big Holes inwards the United Nations Development Goals Are Exposed past times New Studies
“The roots of the mightiness deal over global goals prevarication inwards conflicting theories of economical too social alter embraced past times dissimilar evolution actors: national governments, civil lodge groups, multilateral agencies too the individual sector. . . . Like a Trojan horse, each indicator conceals the theories of alter too evolution that prevarication within, exerting their interpretive influence,” the authors wrote.
“While nosotros all relish a goodness mystery, nosotros are non detectives too cannot yet know the overall touching this mightiness deal over indicators is having at nowadays on the SDGs. However, this exceptional ‘political thriller’ number of Global Policy Journal reveals the nighttime underbelly of competing interests inwards the 2030 Agenda too their sometimes mysterious unintended consequences.”
Barbara Crosette for PassBlue alongside a goodness overview over the discussions behind the symbols too superficial global understanding or thence the SDGs; it's much to a greater extent than complicated, political & hard to accomplish meaningful development(s) alongside the electrical flow SDG consensus alone.

You'll Never See the Iconic Photo of the 'Afghan Girl' the Same Way Again
“He poses her similar an 80s glamour shot,” Northrup observes, “shoulder tilted towards the camera, brow forward, prissy lite to illuminate the eyes, too direct midpoint contact – something that she would never always do.”
(...)
This is false, Northrup says – the fright inwards her eyes is that of a pupil interrupted at schoolhouse past times a manful someone stranger invading her space, her personal boundaries too her culture, without fifty-fifty having learned her name.
Ribhu for the the Wire alongside a novel fence or thence an former iconic pic of a daughter inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan that raises lost of interesting questions virtually photographic ethics too how the manufacture has been changing (??).

The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
In her series, Woman go no’gree, Oyarzabal has done merely this inwards a photographic exploration of gender, history, knowledge-making, stereotypes, too clichés of Africa. Using a mixture of archival colonial images generally flora inwards magazines, street photos taken alongside a digital camera, too studio photography flora or made during her creative someone residence inwards Lagos inwards 2017, Oyarzabal employs a visual linguistic communication that subverts too spellbinds inwards equal part, leading us into a soundless realm of symbol too iconography.
Miss Rosen for feature shoot alongside a projection that has been widely discussed, generally negatively, virtually a white woman someone Northern creative someone 'decolonizing' perceptions of 'Africa'.

How CNN reported on 'child slaves' who were non actually enslaved
We (two academics who take away keep studied this number critically too carried out extensive interviews alongside members of Lake Volta communities too a fellow member of parliament whose constituents overwhelmingly alive on too or thence the lake) deem it critical to prepare the tape direct every bit this is a complex social number which needs careful analysis rather than melodrama too sensationalism.
The allegations of kid trafficking too kid slavery, which are generally made past times Western-based or funded journalists too NGOs alongside the assist of local affiliates, reverberate a express understanding of the lived realities on islands too communities along the lake. Fishing is i of the few guaranteed avenues of subsistence for islanders too residents of riverine communities along the Lake Volta, too children are rightly taught line-fishing skills past times their parents.
Betty Mensah & Samuel Okyere for Al-Jazeera alongside a reminder from Republic of Ghana that 'localization' is every bit much an number inwards assistance run every bit it is inwards global journalism...engage local experts inwards your reporting!

Empty dresses spotlight N.American violence 'epidemic' against native women
"These empty cerise dresses hang inwards world spaces thence people tin dismiss encounter the absence too violence against indigenous women too girls," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation ahead of the museum's outset symposium on the topic on Thursday.
More than 4 inwards 5 Native American women take away keep experienced violence inwards their lifetime, according to the National Institute of Justice.
In 2016, the U.S. National Crime Information Center reported 5,712 cases of missing native women.
Similarly high rates are seen inwards Canada - where the REDress exhibit originated - alongside a 2014 national written report past times the Royal Canadian Mounted Police estimating 1,181 indigenous women disappeared or were murdered since 1980.
The province of affairs is a "silent crisis", U.S. Representative Deb Haaland, i of the outset 2 Native American women elected to Congress, said final calendar week during congressional testimony.
Carey L. Biron for Thomson Reuters News alongside an of import storey on inequalities, violence too indigenous women inwards the US of America & Canada.

Big Holes inwards the United Nations Development Goals Are Exposed past times New Studies
“The roots of the mightiness deal over global goals prevarication inwards conflicting theories of economical too social alter embraced past times dissimilar evolution actors: national governments, civil lodge groups, multilateral agencies too the individual sector. . . . Like a Trojan horse, each indicator conceals the theories of alter too evolution that prevarication within, exerting their interpretive influence,” the authors wrote.
“While nosotros all relish a goodness mystery, nosotros are non detectives too cannot yet know the overall touching this mightiness deal over indicators is having at nowadays on the SDGs. However, this exceptional ‘political thriller’ number of Global Policy Journal reveals the nighttime underbelly of competing interests inwards the 2030 Agenda too their sometimes mysterious unintended consequences.”
Barbara Crosette for PassBlue alongside a goodness overview over the discussions behind the symbols too superficial global understanding or thence the SDGs; it's much to a greater extent than complicated, political & hard to accomplish meaningful development(s) alongside the electrical flow SDG consensus alone.

You'll Never See the Iconic Photo of the 'Afghan Girl' the Same Way Again
“He poses her similar an 80s glamour shot,” Northrup observes, “shoulder tilted towards the camera, brow forward, prissy lite to illuminate the eyes, too direct midpoint contact – something that she would never always do.”
(...)
This is false, Northrup says – the fright inwards her eyes is that of a pupil interrupted at schoolhouse past times a manful someone stranger invading her space, her personal boundaries too her culture, without fifty-fifty having learned her name.
Ribhu for the the Wire alongside a novel fence or thence an former iconic pic of a daughter inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan that raises lost of interesting questions virtually photographic ethics too how the manufacture has been changing (??).

The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
In her series, Woman go no’gree, Oyarzabal has done merely this inwards a photographic exploration of gender, history, knowledge-making, stereotypes, too clichés of Africa. Using a mixture of archival colonial images generally flora inwards magazines, street photos taken alongside a digital camera, too studio photography flora or made during her creative someone residence inwards Lagos inwards 2017, Oyarzabal employs a visual linguistic communication that subverts too spellbinds inwards equal part, leading us into a soundless realm of symbol too iconography.
Miss Rosen for feature shoot alongside a projection that has been widely discussed, generally negatively, virtually a white woman someone Northern creative someone 'decolonizing' perceptions of 'Africa'.

Digital colonialism is threatening the Global South
Silicon Valley corporations are taking over the digital economic scheme inwards the Global South, too nobody is paying attention.
In South Africa, Google too Facebook dominate the online advertising industry, too are considered an existential threat to local media.
(...)
Similar to the technical architecture of classic colonialism, digital colonialism is rooted inwards the pattern of the tech ecosystem for the purposes of turn a profit too plunder. If the railways too maritime merchandise routes were the "open veins" of the Global South dorsum then, today, digital infrastructure takes on the same role: Big Tech corporations exercise proprietary software, corporate clouds, too centralised Internet services to spy on users, procedure their data, too spit dorsum manufactured services to subjects of their information fiefdoms.
Michael Kwet for Al-Jazeera alongside a goodness introduction to the fence of digital colonialism too a reminder that both the North & South seem to hold out losing key battles against global platform capitalism.

Just Waiting for the Next Miracle: Pastors too the Phenomenon of Hitting it Big inwards Africa
Now, the race is on for them, piece competing alongside other pastors, to show they tin dismiss venture into the supernatural too seek solutions for people’s expectations. Seen from this angle, the contemporary miracle pastors are a production of the society. They are produced because lodge needs them to immediately perform the unusual, through accessing supernatural inwards ways that are humanly far-fetched. Arduous every bit this draw of piece of occupation may be, the miracle pastors take away keep the challenge to alter or command the future. It is all virtually the future, the unknown, too the impossible. Whether they deliver the expected results is a affair of speculation but come upward to remember of the significance of the bodily displays inwards deliverance too healing scenes every bit good every bit the positive (and sometimes, praising) testimonies virtually a powerful Man of God – a championship indicating the pastor’s apparent proximity to God.
Primus Tanzanu for Pan African Visions on African pastors, pentecostalism & miracles inwards the digital age.

The White Man’s Boredom
Had colonial dominion truly been thrilling—pith helmets too elephant guns too gin-and-tonics out on the veranda—that would never take away keep excused it. And yet, in that location is something acutely dispiriting virtually the thought that all the suffering inflicted past times European imperialism was joyless fifty-fifty for the people whom it made masters of all they surveyed. Auerbach invokes Hannah Arendt several times, too he’s correct to make so—the British Empire was generally banal inwards its everyday governance, but that did non brand imperialism less evil. It wasn’t glorious, too it wasn’t glamorous, too it didn’t pick out whatsoever of the benefits of “civilization” to the places it conquered. As Auerbach writes, the empire brought “death, enslavement, imprisonment, famine, alienation from reason too resources . . . poverty too instability almost everywhere the British ruled, from Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Even past times its ain metrics,” he concludes, “the British Empire was a failure.” It was an empire of men who shot elephants to avoid beingness laughed at—although that is a real mutual coldness comfort to its victims.
Padraic X. Scanlan for the New Inquiry on dull days of the empire too how the destructive practices of colonialism went paw inwards paw alongside everyday boredom.

Ethiopia’s First Female Superhero Comic ‘Hawi’ is Here
Hawi follows the storey of Ement Legesse, a immature Ethiopian adult woman living inwards America alongside her mother. In the opening scenes of the comic book, it becomes apparent that Ement desperately wants to see Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on a guided tour but her woman parent is against the idea. According to her, Ement tin dismiss barely speak their native Ahmaric linguistic communication too fears for her security given that numerous immature girls take away keep been abducted inwards Ethiopia. It's quite clear that Ement is frustrated past times her mother's refusal to let her to see her habitation country. As the storey progresses, the 2 eventually see Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia together (yay!) only for Ement's mother, however, to hold out abducted (oh no!). This is where the storey actually begins. Now nosotros won't tell yous how Ement obtains her dope superhero abilities but what nosotros tin dismiss tell yous is what inspires them.
Rufaro Samanga for Okay Africa alongside an amazing novel projection that hopefully puts Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on the global comics map!

Big Holes inwards the United Nations Development Goals Are Exposed past times New Studies
“The roots of the mightiness deal over global goals prevarication inwards conflicting theories of economical too social alter embraced past times dissimilar evolution actors: national governments, civil lodge groups, multilateral agencies too the individual sector. . . . Like a Trojan horse, each indicator conceals the theories of alter too evolution that prevarication within, exerting their interpretive influence,” the authors wrote.
“While nosotros all relish a goodness mystery, nosotros are non detectives too cannot yet know the overall touching this mightiness deal over indicators is having at nowadays on the SDGs. However, this exceptional ‘political thriller’ number of Global Policy Journal reveals the nighttime underbelly of competing interests inwards the 2030 Agenda too their sometimes mysterious unintended consequences.”
Barbara Crosette for PassBlue alongside a goodness overview over the discussions behind the symbols too superficial global understanding or thence the SDGs; it's much to a greater extent than complicated, political & hard to accomplish meaningful development(s) alongside the electrical flow SDG consensus alone.

You'll Never See the Iconic Photo of the 'Afghan Girl' the Same Way Again
“He poses her similar an 80s glamour shot,” Northrup observes, “shoulder tilted towards the camera, brow forward, prissy lite to illuminate the eyes, too direct midpoint contact – something that she would never always do.”
(...)
This is false, Northrup says – the fright inwards her eyes is that of a pupil interrupted at schoolhouse past times a manful someone stranger invading her space, her personal boundaries too her culture, without fifty-fifty having learned her name.
Ribhu for the the Wire alongside a novel fence or thence an former iconic pic of a daughter inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan that raises lost of interesting questions virtually photographic ethics too how the manufacture has been changing (??).

The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
In her series, Woman go no’gree, Oyarzabal has done merely this inwards a photographic exploration of gender, history, knowledge-making, stereotypes, too clichés of Africa. Using a mixture of archival colonial images generally flora inwards magazines, street photos taken alongside a digital camera, too studio photography flora or made during her creative someone residence inwards Lagos inwards 2017, Oyarzabal employs a visual linguistic communication that subverts too spellbinds inwards equal part, leading us into a soundless realm of symbol too iconography.
Miss Rosen for feature shoot alongside a projection that has been widely discussed, generally negatively, virtually a white woman someone Northern creative someone 'decolonizing' perceptions of 'Africa'.

Women inwards Economics Report Rampant Sexual Assault too Bias
Nearly 100 woman someone economists tell a peer or a colleague has sexually assaulted them. Nearly 200 tell they were the victim of an attempted assault. And hundreds tell they were stalked or touched inappropriately, according to a far-reaching survey of the field.
The results, compiled past times the American Economic Association, too break deep evidence of gender too racial discrimination inside the field. Half of the women who responded to the survey said they had been treated unfairly because of their sex, compared alongside three per centum of men. Nearly one-half of women said they had avoided speaking at a conference or a seminar to guard against possible harassment or “disrespectful treatment.” Seven inwards 10 women said they felt their colleagues’ run was taken to a greater extent than seriously than their own.
Ben Casselman & Jim Tankersley for the New York Times acquaint an overview of the AEA's study on discrimination inside the economic science profession.

Big Holes inwards the United Nations Development Goals Are Exposed past times New Studies
“The roots of the mightiness deal over global goals prevarication inwards conflicting theories of economical too social alter embraced past times dissimilar evolution actors: national governments, civil lodge groups, multilateral agencies too the individual sector. . . . Like a Trojan horse, each indicator conceals the theories of alter too evolution that prevarication within, exerting their interpretive influence,” the authors wrote.
“While nosotros all relish a goodness mystery, nosotros are non detectives too cannot yet know the overall touching this mightiness deal over indicators is having at nowadays on the SDGs. However, this exceptional ‘political thriller’ number of Global Policy Journal reveals the nighttime underbelly of competing interests inwards the 2030 Agenda too their sometimes mysterious unintended consequences.”
Barbara Crosette for PassBlue alongside a goodness overview over the discussions behind the symbols too superficial global understanding or thence the SDGs; it's much to a greater extent than complicated, political & hard to accomplish meaningful development(s) alongside the electrical flow SDG consensus alone.

You'll Never See the Iconic Photo of the 'Afghan Girl' the Same Way Again
“He poses her similar an 80s glamour shot,” Northrup observes, “shoulder tilted towards the camera, brow forward, prissy lite to illuminate the eyes, too direct midpoint contact – something that she would never always do.”
(...)
This is false, Northrup says – the fright inwards her eyes is that of a pupil interrupted at schoolhouse past times a manful someone stranger invading her space, her personal boundaries too her culture, without fifty-fifty having learned her name.
Ribhu for the the Wire alongside a novel fence or thence an former iconic pic of a daughter inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan that raises lost of interesting questions virtually photographic ethics too how the manufacture has been changing (??).

The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
In her series, Woman go no’gree, Oyarzabal has done merely this inwards a photographic exploration of gender, history, knowledge-making, stereotypes, too clichés of Africa. Using a mixture of archival colonial images generally flora inwards magazines, street photos taken alongside a digital camera, too studio photography flora or made during her creative someone residence inwards Lagos inwards 2017, Oyarzabal employs a visual linguistic communication that subverts too spellbinds inwards equal part, leading us into a soundless realm of symbol too iconography.
Miss Rosen for feature shoot alongside a projection that has been widely discussed, generally negatively, virtually a white woman someone Northern creative someone 'decolonizing' perceptions of 'Africa'.

OLPC inwards Ethiopia: The sparse draw betwixt digital innovation, cargo cult too peoples on parade

And regarding move & flight I asked inwards Oct 2018:
Big Holes inwards the United Nations Development Goals Are Exposed past times New Studies
“The roots of the mightiness deal over global goals prevarication inwards conflicting theories of economical too social alter embraced past times dissimilar evolution actors: national governments, civil lodge groups, multilateral agencies too the individual sector. . . . Like a Trojan horse, each indicator conceals the theories of alter too evolution that prevarication within, exerting their interpretive influence,” the authors wrote.
“While nosotros all relish a goodness mystery, nosotros are non detectives too cannot yet know the overall touching this mightiness deal over indicators is having at nowadays on the SDGs. However, this exceptional ‘political thriller’ number of Global Policy Journal reveals the nighttime underbelly of competing interests inwards the 2030 Agenda too their sometimes mysterious unintended consequences.”
Barbara Crosette for PassBlue alongside a goodness overview over the discussions behind the symbols too superficial global understanding or thence the SDGs; it's much to a greater extent than complicated, political & hard to accomplish meaningful development(s) alongside the electrical flow SDG consensus alone.

You'll Never See the Iconic Photo of the 'Afghan Girl' the Same Way Again
“He poses her similar an 80s glamour shot,” Northrup observes, “shoulder tilted towards the camera, brow forward, prissy lite to illuminate the eyes, too direct midpoint contact – something that she would never always do.”
(...)
This is false, Northrup says – the fright inwards her eyes is that of a pupil interrupted at schoolhouse past times a manful someone stranger invading her space, her personal boundaries too her culture, without fifty-fifty having learned her name.
Ribhu for the the Wire alongside a novel fence or thence an former iconic pic of a daughter inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan that raises lost of interesting questions virtually photographic ethics too how the manufacture has been changing (??).

The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
In her series, Woman go no’gree, Oyarzabal has done merely this inwards a photographic exploration of gender, history, knowledge-making, stereotypes, too clichés of Africa. Using a mixture of archival colonial images generally flora inwards magazines, street photos taken alongside a digital camera, too studio photography flora or made during her creative someone residence inwards Lagos inwards 2017, Oyarzabal employs a visual linguistic communication that subverts too spellbinds inwards equal part, leading us into a soundless realm of symbol too iconography.
Miss Rosen for feature shoot alongside a projection that has been widely discussed, generally negatively, virtually a white woman someone Northern creative someone 'decolonizing' perceptions of 'Africa'.

Should assistance workers wing less? Yes, but it’s a flake to a greater extent than complicated
Big Holes inwards the United Nations Development Goals Are Exposed past times New Studies
“The roots of the mightiness deal over global goals prevarication inwards conflicting theories of economical too social alter embraced past times dissimilar evolution actors: national governments, civil lodge groups, multilateral agencies too the individual sector. . . . Like a Trojan horse, each indicator conceals the theories of alter too evolution that prevarication within, exerting their interpretive influence,” the authors wrote.
“While nosotros all relish a goodness mystery, nosotros are non detectives too cannot yet know the overall touching this mightiness deal over indicators is having at nowadays on the SDGs. However, this exceptional ‘political thriller’ number of Global Policy Journal reveals the nighttime underbelly of competing interests inwards the 2030 Agenda too their sometimes mysterious unintended consequences.”
Barbara Crosette for PassBlue alongside a goodness overview over the discussions behind the symbols too superficial global understanding or thence the SDGs; it's much to a greater extent than complicated, political & hard to accomplish meaningful development(s) alongside the electrical flow SDG consensus alone.

You'll Never See the Iconic Photo of the 'Afghan Girl' the Same Way Again
“He poses her similar an 80s glamour shot,” Northrup observes, “shoulder tilted towards the camera, brow forward, prissy lite to illuminate the eyes, too direct midpoint contact – something that she would never always do.”
(...)
This is false, Northrup says – the fright inwards her eyes is that of a pupil interrupted at schoolhouse past times a manful someone stranger invading her space, her personal boundaries too her culture, without fifty-fifty having learned her name.
Ribhu for the the Wire alongside a novel fence or thence an former iconic pic of a daughter inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan that raises lost of interesting questions virtually photographic ethics too how the manufacture has been changing (??).

The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
In her series, Woman go no’gree, Oyarzabal has done merely this inwards a photographic exploration of gender, history, knowledge-making, stereotypes, too clichés of Africa. Using a mixture of archival colonial images generally flora inwards magazines, street photos taken alongside a digital camera, too studio photography flora or made during her creative someone residence inwards Lagos inwards 2017, Oyarzabal employs a visual linguistic communication that subverts too spellbinds inwards equal part, leading us into a soundless realm of symbol too iconography.
Miss Rosen for feature shoot alongside a projection that has been widely discussed, generally negatively, virtually a white woman someone Northern creative someone 'decolonizing' perceptions of 'Africa'.

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