Humanitarian Extractivism: The Digital Transformation of Aid Sandvik Kristin Bergtora
Humanitarian Extractivism: The Digital Transformation of Aid Sandvik Kristin Bergtora This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. Central to the…
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Humanitarian Extractivism: The Digital Transformation of Aid Sandvik Kristin Bergtora
This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. 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. 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.
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