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Decolonising Humanitarianism or Humanitarian Aid? - Speaking of Medicine and Health

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When you choose to publish with PLOS, your research makes an impact. Make your work accessible to all, without restrictions, and accelerate scientific discovery with options like preprints and published peer review that make your work more Open. Authors: Dr. Tammam Aloudat and Themrise Khan Decolonising humanitarian aid has imposed itself on the humanitarian debate over the past few years, both in academic and practitioner circles. Decolonisation as a term, alludes to the imbalance of power and the potential to rebalance this power asymmetry. But the how, to what extent, and with what means is not yet clear. The use of decolonisation as a framework for action, has thus far sidestepped the important –and more complex– act of understanding the monopoly, misuse, or abuse of power in the mainstream humanitarian sector. This lack of a collective consciousness, has opened spaces for defensiveness, denial, and repudiation by those in the humanitarian sphere who see the call to decolonise as a

Authors: Dr. Tammam Aloudat and Themrise Khan Decolonising humanitarian aid has imposed itself on the humanitarian debate over the past few years, both in academic and practitioner circles. Decolonisation as a term, alludes to the imbalance of power and the potential to rebalance this power asymmetry. But the how, to what extent, and with what means is not yet clear. The use of decolonisation as a framework for action, has thus far sidestepped the important -and more complex- act of understanding the monopoly, misuse, or abuse of power in the mainstream humanitarian sector. This lack of a coll

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