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The humanitarian-architect divide

Forced migration review, 2017-06 (55), p.67-68 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development Jun 2017 ;ISSN: 1460-9819 ;EISSN: 2051-3070

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  • Title:
    The humanitarian-architect divide
  • Author: Scott-Smith, Tom
  • Subjects: Apartments ; Architects ; Collaboration ; Construction ; Design ; Digital broadcasting ; Displaced persons ; Forced migration ; Housing ; Humanitarian aid ; Humanitarianism ; IDP ; internal displacement ; Mass media images ; Media coverage ; Migrants ; Migration ; Professionals ; Professions ; refugee ; Refugees ; settlement ; Shelters ; stateless
  • Is Part Of: Forced migration review, 2017-06 (55), p.67-68
  • Description: Humanitarians and architects can fail to find a common language, characterising each other in schematic terms. It is time to bridge the divide and encourage greater collaboration between these professions. By learning from each other's way of thinking they may also become more relevant to displaced people seeking shelter. Media coverage of forced migration tends to repeat the old, tired imagery of tents and camps, ignoring how often displaced people end up living in a much wider range of shelters. Many forced migrants live in ordinary rented apartment blocks or stay with friends and relatives. Humanitarians are minded to see architects as utopian dreamers, completely out of touch with the realities of the field and the needs of beneficiaries. One of the aims of the Refugee Studies Centre's Architectures of Displacement research project is to widen public understanding of refugee shelter and to inform the design of successful policies on shelter and displacement.
  • Publisher: Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development
  • Language: English;Arabic
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1460-9819
    EISSN: 2051-3070
  • Source: Freely Accessible Journals
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