Hi #anthrotwitter, I'm looking for recs on ethnographic works focused on "helpers" - broadly defined, as they navigate issues of morality, deservingness, care, justice, il/legality in their work with the populations they help/serve.
Specifically, I'm beginning to think in earnest about a second project focused on immigrant "helpers" and how they perceive these issues in their work with im/migrants with different legal statuses. I want the "helpers" to be the focus of the ethnographic work.
I'd take examples from other arenas, ie. development, health, etc. Would also take non-anthro stuff, though I do want to start with works that take a reflexive, experiential approach to the work of these "helpers." I also see this category of helpers as distinct from "activists"
but could be convinced otherwise :)
This is a treasure trove and you are all treasures. Thank you!!
Let me also share a few things as I find them - I'm reminded of @CG_ChiaraGalli's article "Humanitarian capital: how lawyers help immigrants use suffering to claim membership in the nation-state" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Sharing other resources I'm finding - I'm looking forward to reading @Ethnography911's "African expatriates and race in the anthropology of humanitarianism" doi.org/10.1080/216813…

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