TY - JOUR
T1 - Workshop Report: Cultures of Humanitarianism: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific
AU - Hirono, Miwa
AU - O'Hagan, Jacinta
AU - Yeophantong, Pichamon
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - As Complex humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters occur with greater severity and frequency in various parts of the rapidly globalizing world, questions about humanitarianism - particularly how it should be conceived and practiced - have become more relevant. In spite of conventional perspectives of humanitarianism as constituting a 'universal' value that transcends both time and context, there are, in fact, divers interpretations of this complex concept.
AB - As Complex humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters occur with greater severity and frequency in various parts of the rapidly globalizing world, questions about humanitarianism - particularly how it should be conceived and practiced - have become more relevant. In spite of conventional perspectives of humanitarianism as constituting a 'universal' value that transcends both time and context, there are, in fact, divers interpretations of this complex concept.
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 43
EP - 46
JO - Dialogue (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia)
JF - Dialogue (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia)
ER -