The marketplace is full of products promising to benefit humanitarian causes. We ask, what are the economic and social implications of commodifying compassion?
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Happy and very honoured to receive the 2023 Fonnesbech PhD Prize 🥳 I look forward to continuing my research @CBDScbs, @CBScph and @diisdk with great colleagues!
Now it is OFFICIAL that our @CocoResearch @CBDScbs PhD colleague @sofie_hen has won @CBScph top PhD Researcher Fonnesbech Prize this year! I'm 1 of her proud supervisors⭐️ w/@sineplambech @diisdk cbsshare.cbs.dk/nyheder/topn…
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We are still working today on @CocoResearch on digital do-gooding led by @MahaRafiAtal @sofie_hen Serious discussants @AfricaBusPol @ssen03 @afejerskov @robertahawkins1 @texasinafrica @RobinSteedman Keep your eyes out for the next steps 🤓
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Someone just screamed with delight during the @everyhumantz tea break when seeing that a scholar of #Congo who wrote 10 books (Kevin C. Dunn) wrote a very generous review of ours @ABudabin @UMinnPress Asante sana. academic.oup.com/psq/advance…
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'Thoroughly researched and often laugh-out-loud funny, “Batman Saves the Congo” is a critically important look at a growing and under-examined — and frequently absurd — segment of the aid industry.' @UMinnPress @ABudabin @CBS_WIRE @CBDScbs washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Changing #whitesaviour celeb stereotypes one #aid initiative at a time. @danbrockington @aidnography @chouliaraki_l @AfricaBusPol @famecritic @celeb_studies @wishcrys @mikegoodman56 @ABudabin Comic Relief stops sending celebrities to African countries theguardian.com/tv-and-radio… 1/4
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"We may not be intubating patients or packing meat, but we are boldly maintaining our consumption habits." HT @ABudabin Monday @CocoResearch @MahaRafiAtal @AfricaBusPol nytimes.com/2020/05/22/arts/…
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BREAKING: Tobacco and vaping companies are using COVID messaging, creative and giveaways – including branded masks – to market e-cigarettes, vapes and heated tobacco products. | PR Week prweek.com/article/1683314 via @prweekuknews
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Happy to have a new research permit for #everyday #humanitarianism in #Tanzania I know some people claim that they don’t need this, but we all do. #research #ethics @CBDScbs @AfricaBusPol @clairecmercer @Simonturner1967 @asumwamfupe
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For those who wonder what one does on #everyday #humanitarianism fieldwork in #Tanzania We shop. And talk about it. @CocoResearch @clairecmercer @Dunia_Duara @asumwamfupe
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And what about the "Dachau Crematorium Note Cards" to "Keep in touch with friends and family". They come in packets of 10 (just in case you run out). cafepress.com/mf/73332421/da…
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And then greeting cards with pics of poison gas and death camps. Looks like they are no longer on sale... @cafepress Did you realize that you crossed the line of decency? #BusinessIsBusiness #PecuniaNonOlet
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And also "an original Save the Rainforest limited-edition item" (couldn't find any "Save the Rainforest" organization linked to this initiative) #CommodifyingEverything #looting cafepress.com/mf/118502150/s…
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Well, they also have Rohingya:
"This is to express solidarity with the Rohingya people of Myanmar, under crisis and threat of genocide and ethnic cleansing. The world must take notice."
cafepress.com/mf/111037554/r…
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When volunteers kill. Yes, you can do more harm than good. Stop the madness #nomorewhitesaviors @ncsullivan @seenfromafar @Ethnography911 @a_svc
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The Rise of Caring Capitalism in the Humanitarian Space. @ABudabin writes on @isanet #ISA2019 panels ft. @CocoResearch @BrandAid_World @NFloreaHudson @rkrystalli
Read blog: udayton.co/F2a – at Dayton, OH
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Charity merch is so last season. Less stuff. More taxes. More safety-nets+basic income @CocoResearch @danbrockington @MikeAaronson @aidnography @socialmedia4D @Dunia_Duara
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Click the photo and see the whole fabulous panel @ilankapoor @ABudabin @trm_revolution @seenfromafar @profpruce talking in the Sheraton Ballroom about humanitarians with a business plan and what this means for #politics #decolonization #globaldevelopment #ISA2019 @CocoResearch
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It’s official! #SPHR19 conference will convene October 1-4, 2019 @univofdayton featuring the one and only @AnandWrites as a keynote speaker. #GoingAgainstTheGrain
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For Call for Papers and more info: go.udayton.edu/hrc
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In the appropriate words of my teenage daughter after seeing this photo- WTF?!!! Top Brands and Racism are absolutely unacceptable. Is this REALLY what European designers think of Africa? @awamisammy bbc.com/news/business-471534…