My Evolution Blogging Twelvemonth 2018 Inwards Review

I volition dice along my blogging review of 2018 a fleck shorter than inwards previous years, e.g. 2017, 2016 or 2015.
That’s mainly because ii of my weblog posts this twelvemonth already addressed broader questions of evolution blogging, writing in addition to curating inwards to a greater extent than full general terms:

So is evolution blogging dead in addition to thus – in addition to is it close shorter attending spans, the ascension of videos or podcasts - or maybe something close men?

I asked inwards The evolution blogging crisis (January 2018). And by-way of celebrating my 300th link review I reflected on My primal learnings close #globaldev twenty years later I took my firstly undergrad course (November 2018).

I also looked at the altitude weblog posts in addition to mass reviews for 2018 in addition to I mean value that they quite nicely stand upwards for some of the bigger debates the #globaldev community grappled alongside concluding year.

My altitude five novel weblog posts inwards 2018
The Office meets global politics: New sitcom on life within the United Nations (March 2018)

I caught upwards alongside the creators of The Mission Marie-Marguerite Sabongui in addition to Benedict Moran via Zoom inwards Istanbul to larn to a greater extent than close their United Nations sitcom project.
We discussed how to communicate evolution in addition to international politics issues differently inwards an historic menstruum of novel TV platforms, satirical commentary every bit edutainment in addition to what could survive the kickoff of a global movement of creative talent taking on the absurdities of the assist industry.

This is a fleck of a surprise, exactly it seems to request that the assist manufacture is definitely create for their ain version of The Office!

Oxfam, Republic of Haiti & the assist industry's #MeToo moment-a curated bibliography (February 2018)
2018 was the twelvemonth of #AidToo in addition to my curated link collection has proven to survive an of import resources to await at the beginnings of the movement when the Oxfam scandal broke.

Dear Colonialism - invitee post service yesteryear Ami V. Shah (May 2018)

Dear Colonialism,
I’m writing a missive of the alphabet to you, because I’m non certain you’ll hear when I talk. You claim that you lot desire to come upwards dorsum to my house, in addition to that inwards fact, your see volition survive expert for me. Dear colonialism, I produce non agree.
Especially since you lot accept nevertheless to acquire out my house.

Thanks you lot Ami Shah for your amazing invitee post!
De-colonizing evolution in addition to academia was definitely an of import give-and-take inwards 2018-and was rather the beginning!

Should assist workers wing less? Yes, exactly it’s a fleck to a greater extent than complicated
(October 2018)

I mostly grip alongside her thought to wing less, accept tougher discussions within assist organizations close (air) move in addition to survive the alter they desire to consider from other actors. But every bit basically everything else inwards #globaldev, things are a fleck to a greater extent than complicated...

A classic assist worker conundrum-and a reminder that many debates inwards evolution are non every bit dark or white every bit thy may seem at first…

Dear ICRC: We demand to utter close Nas Daily & “the most undiscovered country” (December 2018)

At the terminate of the video I am left confused: Clearly Nas Daily had a non bad fourth dimension inwards Papua New Guinea. But what am I supposed to produce now?
Give coin to ICRC? Travel to the island? Remain inwards my ‘humans of belatedly capitalism’ bubble of exploration, move in addition to happiness?
You produce amazing work, ICRC!
You tin terminate produce thus much ameliorate than relying on social media influencers in addition to going downwardly an exoticizing path that seems problematic to state the to the lowest degree inwards these decolonial times!

The video is gone, some harm is done in addition to the inquiry remains of how to produce storytelling, celebrity appointment in addition to viral videos alongside a message well!

My altitude iii mass reviews
Learning service-The essential guide for volunteering abroad
(Claire Bennett, Joseph Collins, Zahara Heckscher & Daniela Papi-Thornton)
Doing volunteering good remains a hot topic…

A Destiny inwards the making: From Wall Street to UNICEF inwards Africa (Boudewijn Mohr)
This i is a fleck surprising, exactly I’m glad that my reviews of assist worker memoirs are getting some traction!

Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Roadmap of Trauma in addition to Critical Incident Care (Fiona Dunkley)
An of import mass for discussions roughly humanitarian in addition to assist worker mental health-another of import topic inwards 2018 inwards connectedness alongside #AidToo!