I'm writing a chapter in my dissertation about the role of the Rockefeller Foundation during the US occupation of Haiti (1915-1934). The RF was rather reluctant to engage with the US Navy in Haiti, and so brushed off several requests coming from the Brigade Commander's...
My colleague, Katie Gillespie and i have posted a CFP for the AAG Annual Meeting in Tampa, 2014: Economies of Death: Economic logics of killable life and grievable death Organizers: Patricia Lopez (Geography, University of Washington) Kathryn Gillespie (Geography, University of Washington) How and why are certain lives and bodies...
I've been having difficulty writing lately, and so i have been reading like mad. But i have a bone - a big splintery bone - to pick. Until a few days ago, i was unable to really put a finger on it. Here goes: Why, in...
Haiti and cholera have been coming up a lot lately. I have a meeting with an MSc student next week to talk about her dissertation on the topic. Ansel Herz has recently written what i found to be an appropriately critical if a rather forgiving...
The World Health Organization has announced that Sunday 19 August is World Humanitarian Day. This day, they say, "offers the chance: for the public to learn more about the humanitarian community, what aid workers do and the challenges they face; for nongovernmental and international bodies and UN...