{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F3bef751a-8558-4305-ae3d-0175e3902f7e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"How Does Humanitarian Relief Fall Short?","description":"Humanitarian assistance tends to be associated with aid workers figuratively parachuting into a country or a region to do work in times of event-based trauma, but that conceptualization only scratches the surface of what such work entails. In this episode of Big World, SIS professor Lauren Carruth joins us to discuss a different kind of humanitarianism.\n\nProfessor Carruth discusses the issues that arise from the humanitarian responses of large relief organizations (2:03) and explains why the field work she conducted on humanitarianism, which culminated in her recent book, took place in the Somali region of Ethiopia (5:46). She also breaks down why the use of the word \u201cindustry\u201d is at odds with what she believes humanitarian aid should be trying to accomplish (7:35). \n\nWhat does the Somali word \u201csamafal\u201d mean, and how does it differ from what's been the norm in the humanitarian industry (13:00)? How often does samafal take place when it comes to humanitarian work around the globe (17:26)? Professor Carruth answers these questions and describes the inequitable hierarchy of the aid industry (19:15). Closing out the episode, she shares her advice for what people should do when they want to provide assistance during a humanitarian crisis (27:23).\n\nDuring our \u201cTake Five\u201d segment, Professor Carruth shares the policies and practices she would institute to make the aid industry more equitable and more effective (11:06).","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b50a237f-8cd7-46bb-b941-1e161ecff78e/artworks-d2uzgiz5bkl0zqec-hgoniq-t3000x3000.jpg"}