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Reading #Harvey Through A #Globaldev Lens

In 2013 I posted some readings that I constitute especially helpful inwards the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the Philippines.
Many articles are even in addition to thus relevant inwards the electrical flow province of affairs amongst Harvey in addition to the flooding inwards the South of the United States.
But at that spot are also new, relevant articles that receive got started to link Harvey to broader questions of international evolution in addition to humanitarian assist in addition to that are interesting nutrient for thought inwards 'our' industry.

So I just showtime an annotated special link review in addition to volition add together readings equally I come upward across them-and delight experience gratis to highlight interesting readings inwards the comments or on Twitter!

The Red Cross Won’t Save Houston
Some people acquire personally offended past times beak similar this. They are seeing pain, they are existence generous, in addition to they promise it powerfulness help—just similar I did watching the pictures from Republic of Indonesia from my cubicle years ago. The people suffering inwards this tempest deserve all of that in addition to more. But what you lot larn when you lot actually dive into these situations is that momentary intentions, no affair how kind, are non enough—not on this scale. Those past, ineffective, in addition to opaque disaster responses, from Republic of Haiti to New Bailiwick of Jersey to the Gulf Coast, receive got created a legacy of mistrust, non solely of the Red Cross but of the entire humanitarian assist apparatus its iconic ready represents. We can’t afford to do that again.
Jonathan Katz for Slate is critical of traditional approaches to disaster response, especially involving the American Red Cross, in addition to highlights of import insights from previous disaster responses inwards developing countries.
His mass on post-earthquake Haiti, The Big Truck that went by, is even in addition to thus an of import mass to sympathize the limitations of the humanitarian system.

Melania Trump, Off to Texas, Finds Herself on Thin Heels
But to dismiss all this equally only much ado close heels, or an instance of the pettiness of our divided electorate, is to ignore the reality of the electrical flow conversation to a greater extent than or less the president — to pretend non to honour how sensitized everyone has give-up the ghost to his unpredictable reactions to major events, in addition to to deny the ability of the telling particular to invite applause, condemnation or misinterpretation.
It is exactly the superficial nature of clothing, the fact that garments are directly accessible to all, that makes them the go-to stand-in for to a greater extent than nuanced, complicated emotions in addition to issues.
Vanessa Friedman for New York Times Fashion & Style amongst a to a greater extent than sophisticated analysis of the President's trip to Texas.

When disaster relief brings anything but relief
The thinking is that these people receive got lost everything, in addition to thus they must NEED everything. So people SEND everything. You know, whatever donation is crazy if it's non needed. People receive got donated prom gowns in addition to wigs in addition to tiger costumes in addition to pumpkins, in addition to frostbite cream to Rwanda, in addition to used teabags, 'cause you lot tin ever acquire some other loving cup of tea.
CBS News features NPR's Scott Simon with yet some other of import #SWEDOW reminder: Do non shipping your unwanted materials to people who suffered through a humanitarian crisis! This classic post service past times J. needs no farther introduction:

Update 1 September
Melania Trump in addition to the Chilling Artifice of Fashion
That’s what models — in addition to inwards this instance also presidents — do: They inhabit anonymously temporary, unreal worlds born of the realm of luxury logo goods. The destruction inwards Houston is a tragedy, but in addition to thus equally good is this administration’s blank, model’s stare — its mirrored shades inwards the confront of human sorrows. This is non just close fashion. It’s close the urgency of recognizing a certainly genre of hypnotizing, dehumanizing spell, in addition to snapping ourselves out of it.
Rhonda Garelick for The Cut...wow, the Trump see to Texas unleashes some serious pop-cultural reflections on fashion, privilege in addition to disaster tourism!

North American 'hero narrative' that I am less comfortable with. Narratives of coping in addition to promise oftentimes give-up the ghost paw inwards paw amongst depoliticizing humanitarian challenges: Harvey was a 'natural disaster' in addition to at nowadays nosotros bring together forces to rebuild similar nosotros ever receive got inwards America!
The run a jeopardy is that it relives the political-administrative apparatus from a lot of responsibility-this is non close the touching on of climate change, zoning laws or weak environmental protection frameworks that back upward the petrol-chemical industrial complex. 'Natural disasters' happen-and at that spot is zip 'we' tin do close them-other than rolling upward 'our' sleeves in addition to rebuild. I justice inwards the terminate this is close a magic means to communicate complex narratives: Some people are poor, helpless in addition to are exposed to risks disproportionately in addition to the challenge is to address deep-rooted inequalities land rebuilding communities. On the other hand, a lot of coping takes identify locally-without authorities back upward or the global humanitarian assist mechanism in addition to the query is how media, policy-makers or global assist arrangement tin cooperate amend amongst them.


Update xi September
Toronto: George Clooney Says "Houston Is Syria" Post-Hurricane Harvey
"It's going to accept a long fourth dimension ... in addition to we'll all receive got to last involved, because Houston is Syria," (...).
"People inwards Houston are at nowadays refugees based on something that had zip to do amongst them. They didn't do anything. They're at nowadays victims in addition to they're out of their homes in addition to they volition last suffering for a real long time," he added.
Etan Vlessing for the Hollywood Reporter. Clooney says a few smart things inwards the interview equally well, but comparison the state of war inwards Syrian Arab Republic amongst the province of affairs inwards Texas post-Harvey just does non terminate up in addition to does a disservice to the complicated issues to a greater extent than or less 'refugees'...

Update 21 September
A real timely reminder from CGDev's Jeremy Konyndyk that giving cash is almost ever a practiced thought inwards humanitarian situations to a greater extent than or less the globe!

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