Mark Schuller

Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti

Rutgers University Press

Mark Schuller led an independent study of eight displaced-persons camps in Haiti, compiling more than 150 interviews ranging from Haitian front-line workers and camp directors to foreign humanitarians and many earthquake victims. The result is an insightful account of why the multi-billion-dollar aid response to the Haitian earthquake triggered a range of unintended consequences, rupturing social and cultural institutions and actually increasing violence, especially against women.

Copyright year: 2016

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Killing with Kindness

Haiti, International Aid, and NGOs

By Mark Schuller; Foreword by Paul Farmer

Rutgers University Press

Set in Haiti following the 2004 coup and enhanced by research carried out after the 2010 earthquake, Killing with Kindness analyzes the impact of official development aid on recipient non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their relationships with local communities. It offers rich ethnographic comparisons of two Haitian women’s NGOs working in HIV/AIDS prevention and examines participation and autonomy as well as donor policies that inhibit these goals.

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Humanity's Last Stand

Confronting Global Catastrophe

By Mark Schuller; Foreword by Cynthia McKinney

Rutgers University Press

Exploring the interconnections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy, this book dares to ask big questions about how humanity can stand together in a time of crisis. It teaches readers how to develop radical empathy, move beyond simply identifying as “allies” of disempowered peoples and start acting as “accomplices.”

Copyright year: 2021

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Cultures of Doing Good

Anthropologists and NGOs

Edited by Amanda Lashaw, Christian Vannier, and Steven Sampson

University of Alabama Press

Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts.

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Killing with Kindness

Haiti, International Aid, and NGOs

By Mark Schuller; Foreword by Paul Farmer

Rutgers University Press

Set in Haiti following the 2004 coup and enhanced by research carried out after the 2010 earthquake, Killing with Kindness analyzes the impact of official development aid on recipient non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their relationships with local communities. It offers rich ethnographic comparisons of two Haitian women’s NGOs working in HIV/AIDS prevention and examines participation and autonomy as well as donor policies that inhibit these goals.

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