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Veritas Café, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON
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Join Alicia Sliwinski for the launch of A House of One's Own: The Moral Economy of Post-Disaster Aid in El Salvador at Veritas Café, located on campus at Wilfrid Laurier University. The event is sponsored by the Department of Global Studies and the Anthropology Program at Wilfrid Laurier University.
In a lively, intimate account of the social complexities that arise in post-disaster settings, Alicia Sliwinski recounts the trajectories of fifty families who received different forms of humanitarian aid, from emergency assistance to housing reconstruction. Drawing on seminal anthropological theories about gift giving and moral economy, the author thoughtfully discusses the complications and challenges of humanitarian action that aims to rebuild communities through participation. At the crossroads of disaster studies and the anthropology of humanitarianism, the book's insights speak to timely and recurring issues that relocated populations face in regimented and morally charged resettlement initiatives.
"Well-written, engaging, and relevant to readers in a number of fields, A House of One's Own offers an instructive account of humanitarianism in the immediate and extended aftermath of a natural disaster." Ilana Feldman, George Washington University
"A House of One's Own provides an excellent, grounded, and accessible ethnographic analysis of the work of aid organizations on the ground." Roberto E. Barrios, Southern Illinois University Carbondale