Textures of precarity: repurposing in a Ugandan refugee settlement
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Textures of precarity : repurposing in a Ugandan refugee settlement. / Wainman, Nicholas; Whyte, Susan Reynolds; Meinert, Lotte.
I: Anthropology Today, Bind 38, Nr. 4 Special Issue: PRECARITY IN AFRICA, 2022, s. 19-22.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Textures of precarity
T2 - repurposing in a Ugandan refugee settlement
AU - Wainman, Nicholas
AU - Whyte, Susan Reynolds
AU - Meinert, Lotte
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Palabek Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda hosts more than 40,000 refugees from South Sudan. They receive plots of land upon which they must build their own houses, as well as a few relief items and minimal food rations. The people who cross the border are not passive recipients of humanitarian aid. They creatively repurpose items often associated with precarity and helplessness in ways that challenge images of refugee victimhood. UNHCR tarpaulins are used in various projects, including video halls and churches. USAID cooking oil tins serve to make house doors that protect, bring privacy and give the owners status. These projects are not only opportunities for agency; they also offset the persistent waiting that often characterizes life in forced displacement.
AB - Palabek Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda hosts more than 40,000 refugees from South Sudan. They receive plots of land upon which they must build their own houses, as well as a few relief items and minimal food rations. The people who cross the border are not passive recipients of humanitarian aid. They creatively repurpose items often associated with precarity and helplessness in ways that challenge images of refugee victimhood. UNHCR tarpaulins are used in various projects, including video halls and churches. USAID cooking oil tins serve to make house doors that protect, bring privacy and give the owners status. These projects are not only opportunities for agency; they also offset the persistent waiting that often characterizes life in forced displacement.
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8322.12744
DO - 10.1111/1467-8322.12744
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 19
EP - 22
JO - Anthropology Today
JF - Anthropology Today
SN - 0268-540X
IS - 4 Special Issue: PRECARITY IN AFRICA
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