Carla Vitantonio
| Location | La Habana, Cuba |
| Gender and Title | Female |
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| Telephone | Members only |
| Website | https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-vitantonio/ |
| Bio | Humanitarian and development professional, author, researcher, performer. As a humanitarian and development worker, I deal with extreme and forgotten crisis, armed groups, fragile states. I worked for 4 years in North Korea, 2 years in the contented areas of Myanmar, and 5 years in Cuba. Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian Protection and Migration/Forced displacement are my core areas of interest. I honestly believe in the value of the triple nexus and I advocate for its application throughout the programs I lead, As a researcher, my long-term interests are rooted in coloniality within the aid industry. I look at how practices stemming from the Global South can bring seeds of decoloniality in the sector, and at the possibility of supporting a decolonial perspective in policies and practices. My recent work on the topic is a podcast called "Living decoloniality", produced in partnership with the Center for Humanitarian Leadership, which reached 1200 downloads in less than two months. As a performer, my research pivots around the idea of performance as a space for identity, and of the performer’s body as mirror and agent of their multiple identities. I brought my performance all over the world. Among other places, I worked in Myanmar, South Korea, and Europe. My podcast “Pyongyang Blues” was mentioned about the 35 best Italian podcasts in 2021. In 2022 I was awarded the honor of Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by the President of the Republic of Italy, for my activity as a humanitarian and as an author. |
Expertise
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| Aid policies | Belgium, Cuba, Italy, Thailand | Independent |
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| Disaster risk reduction (DRR) | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Myanmar, North Korea | CARE International | |
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| Early warning | Cuba, Myanmar | ||
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| Ethics | Belgium, Cuba, Italy, Myanmar, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand | Independent |
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| Gender | Cuba, Italy, Myanmar, North Korea, South Korea | Independent |
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| Localisation | Belgium, Canada, Cuba, France, Myanmar | Independent | |
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| Protection | Cuba, Myanmar, North Korea, Thailand | ||
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| Refugees | Myanmar, Thailand | Independent | |
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