»We lost a certain clarity of what humanitarianism was« (thoughts & feedback)

Käte Hamburger Kolleg
Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation
5-7 June 2014
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities / Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen (KWI)
HUMANITARIANISM - as a concept and as a practice - has become a major factor in world society. It channels an enormous amount of resources and serves as an argument for different kinds of interference into the “internal affairs” of a country. At the same time, humanitarian action is a form of cooperation that, instead of being motivated by plain utility, is based on cultures of gift-giving, but is therefore no less fraught with ambivalences and dilemmas. Against this background, the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), organized the conference “Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation” from June 5-7 2014.
THIS VIDEO CLIP assembles voices of participants and critical feedback as well as stunning insights. It places Professor David Chandler (University of Westminster) in the pool position to share his impressions of the conference - preview of an upshot, he did during the last day of the conference.
Video Concept
Martin Wolf, GCR21 Public Relations
Graphics & Animation
Felix Brückner
Cinematography & Editing
Lukas Raber
License
Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0
Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)
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