Carpi, E;
(2021)
The Epistemic Politics of ‘Northern-Led’ Humanitarianism: The Case of Lebanon.
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10.1111/area.12770.
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Abstract
This article examines the epistemic politics of hegemonic humanitarianism by building on agnotology theories. I unpack the idea of ‘professional authority’ with the purpose of showing how the Global North's humanitarian agencies thrive on both a technocratic and an unpredictability approach. This epistemic politics is used to absolve humanitarianism of its failures and blame 'Southern' politics and technical deficiencies in the Global South.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Epistemic Politics of ‘Northern-Led’ Humanitarianism: The Case of Lebanon |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/area.12770 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12770 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 John Wiley & Sons. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | agnotology, humanitarianism, Lebanon, professional authority, technocracy, unpredictability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137835 |
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