Humanitarian Extractivism
The Digital Transformation of Aid
1st Edition
Published on 17. October 2023
168 pages
978-1-5261-6583-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. It focuses on how practices of data extraction shift power towards states, the private sector and humanitarians.
Digital initiatives aimed towards 'fixing' the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. Central to the digital transformation of aid is the digital body - with digital identities becoming a prerequisite for receiving aid and protection - and the centralisation of vulnerability arising from enormous databases holding ever more humanitarian data. Cyber-attacks, human error and technological problems generate risks for humanitarians, but also mean that humanitarians themselves can put populations in need at risk.
The book explores new humanitarian spaces and practices such as the humanitarian drone airspace, wearable innovation challenges and ethics in global disaster innovation labs. -- .
Digital initiatives aimed towards 'fixing' the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. Central to the digital transformation of aid is the digital body - with digital identities becoming a prerequisite for receiving aid and protection - and the centralisation of vulnerability arising from enormous databases holding ever more humanitarian data. Cyber-attacks, human error and technological problems generate risks for humanitarians, but also mean that humanitarians themselves can put populations in need at risk.
The book explores new humanitarian spaces and practices such as the humanitarian drone airspace, wearable innovation challenges and ethics in global disaster innovation labs. -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-6583-1 (9781526165831)
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10/2023
Manchester University Press
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Person
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik is a Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies, PRIO and Professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo -- .
Content
Humanitarian extractivism: an introduction
1 Digital bodies in aid
2 The centralisation of vulnerability in humanitarian cyberspace: the ICRC hack revisited
3 Power, risk and riskiness in digital humanitarian work
4 UNICEF's Wearables for Good Challenge: unpacking private sector partnerships in humanitarian innovation
5 The early humanitarian drone airspace: flying high and failing fast
6 Beyond the humanitarian innovation ethics gap: everyday practice in field labs
Index -- .
1 Digital bodies in aid
2 The centralisation of vulnerability in humanitarian cyberspace: the ICRC hack revisited
3 Power, risk and riskiness in digital humanitarian work
4 UNICEF's Wearables for Good Challenge: unpacking private sector partnerships in humanitarian innovation
5 The early humanitarian drone airspace: flying high and failing fast
6 Beyond the humanitarian innovation ethics gap: everyday practice in field labs
Index -- .
