Panel details

Panel organiser(s) will be presenting	In-Person / Online
Number of paper presentations	0
Location	Bergen

Abstract

This roundtable takes as its point of departure current debates on the future of the humanitarian sector, variously characterized by denial (things will calm down), disenchantment (not doing good enough), utopianism (localization with no money) or a burn-it -all-down approach (the principles must go). In particular we address what it would mean to imagine a savvy, litigious, and activist field of social justice actors in place of humanitarians, and what the place might be for a principle-based humanitarianism existing through and for the cracks and slippages of this world: for emergencies and conflicts where governments, municipalities, and community-based organizations are not willing or able to save lives.

Structured as a roundtable-style town hall, the session will be led by a group of discussants who will each stake out their position before opening the floor for audience engagement and debate. Discussants: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Heidi Mogstad, Max Kelly, Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre.

We welcome intellectually engaged participants willing to staking out and arguing their position.

Paper presentations

Available soon.