2015
DOI: 10.1177/0263775815598107
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Infrastructuring aid: materializing humanitarianism in northern Kenya

Abstract: In numerous African countries, humanitarian and development organizations-as well as governments-are expanding expenditures on social protection schemes as a means of poverty alleviation. These initiatives, which typically provide small cash grants to poor households, are often considered particularly agreeable for the simplicity of their administration and the feasibility of their implementation. This paper examines the background work required to deploy social protection in one especially remote area: the ma… Show more

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“…But many communities are in need for non-governmental humanitarian assistance, which generates a third dimension of the link between digital identity and development. Relying on the targeting affordance of digital and, in particular, biometric systems, the humanitarian sector is becoming increasingly based on digital recognition of beneficiaries (Donovan, 2015), with the stated objective to better target and serve its recipients. Previously dominated by digital identity in the public sector, the literature is developing a new focus on digital identity for humanitarianism, which moves the core actor from state governments to a global, supranational perspective.…”
Section: Inclusion Of Minoritiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But many communities are in need for non-governmental humanitarian assistance, which generates a third dimension of the link between digital identity and development. Relying on the targeting affordance of digital and, in particular, biometric systems, the humanitarian sector is becoming increasingly based on digital recognition of beneficiaries (Donovan, 2015), with the stated objective to better target and serve its recipients. Previously dominated by digital identity in the public sector, the literature is developing a new focus on digital identity for humanitarianism, which moves the core actor from state governments to a global, supranational perspective.…”
Section: Inclusion Of Minoritiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is now a substantial body of research, across disciplines, concerned with the politics of the objects, goods and infrastructures through which aid materialises, from shelter kits to cars and cash distribution networks (Donovan 2015; Fredriksen 2014; Redfield 2008, 2012, 2016; Smirl 2015). Nearly two decades ago, the germinal work of Marianne de Laet and AnneMarie Mol (2000) on the Zimbabwean Bush Pump set the tone for subsequent debates on the matter.…”
Section: Humanitarian Logistics and Humanitarian Goodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Defined as the set of ‘businesses and services which, motivated by the pursuit of financial gain, facilitate and sustain international migration’ (Hernandez‐Leon , 1), the ‘migration industry’ has been debated in sociology, anthropology and economics since at least the 1990s. While this literature focuses primarily on profit‐making activities, however, contributions informed by anthropological and geographical work on the politics of infrastructures (Donovan ; Larkin ) have expanded the scope of the debate. The ‘migration infrastructure’ is thus defined as ‘the systematically interlinked technologies, institutions, and actors that facilitate and condition mobility’ (Xiang and Lindquist , 122).…”
Section: Over‐researching Refugees: the Humanitarian Infrastructurementioning
confidence: 99%