‘Little attention has been paid to the class-based inequality that the very presence of humanitarian agencies produces in crisis-affected settings’ argues Dr Estella Carpi, Southern Responses to Displacement’s Research Associate, in this two-part blog series. Drawing on observations made during research carried out in Northern Lebanon for the Southern Responses to Displacement project, Dr Carpi... Continue Reading →
No one wants to be the “Global North”? On being a researcher across the North and South.
What are some of the emerging behavioural and ethical tendencies in today’s research economy and what sociological harms can subsequently occur? Drawing on her extensive experience of conducting research in both the ‘global North’ and the ‘global South,’ Southern Responses to Displacement Research Associate, Dr Estella Carpi, examines different ‘hierarchical and alienating’ structures across research... Continue Reading →
Spaces of Transregional Aid and Visual Politics in Lebanon
Aid providers can often mark 'their' humanitarian space with logos, symbols and icons. This photo essay by Southern Responses to Displacement's Research Associate, Dr Estella Carpi, examines the 'visuality' of different forms of humanitarian branding in local spaces and, in line with one of Southern Responses to Displacement's main aims to examine refugees’ experiences, perceptions... Continue Reading →
Dr Estella Carpi presents ‘The Politics of Crisis-Making: Neither for Rights, Nor for Needs’
On the 11th of November 2020, from 9 - 11am (CET), Dr Estella Carpi, Southern Responses to Displacement Research Associate, will present 'The Politics of Crisis-Making: Neither for Rights, Nor for Needs' at The University of Melbourne. The event is open access and you can join here: Event access link (Microsoft Teams) Throughout modern history,... Continue Reading →
Different Shades of ‘Neutrality’: Arab Gulf NGOs in Lebanon
‘Humanitarian neutrality’ is a phrase synonymous with large ‘western’ NGOs and one that is understood by many to have a clear and static conceptualisation and application. However, in this extract from her chapter in the new free to download Open Access volume edited by Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Refuge in a Moving World: Tracing Migrant and... Continue Reading →


