1. Stories from the field, stories of t̀he field': how aid workers experience the space of the field mission -- 2. Exploring the humanitarian enclave -- 3. How the built environment shapes humanitarian intervention -- 4. Building home away from home: post-tsunami Aceh, and the single-family house -- 5. Playing house: rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Katrina
Summary
A landmark work that - through analysing the three key symbolic sites of the grand hotel, the SUV and the compound - shows why we urgently need to think differently about humanitarian theory and practice
