the vulnerability context: a work in progress sue lautze angela raven-roberts feinstein...
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THE VULNERABILITY CONTEXT:
A WORK IN PROGRESSSue Lautze
Angela Raven-RobertsFeinstein International Famine Center,
Tufts University
IS THERE SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
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FOUR POINTS, TEN MINUTES
1. AFFECTED PEOPLE DEPEND UPON LIVELIHOODS FOR FOOD SECURITY
2. COMPLEX EMERGENCIES ARE (USUALLY) CHARACTERIZED BY VIOLENCE
3. LIVELIHOODS TOOLS INADEQUATELY CAPTURE THE DYNAMICS & CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE
4. TO PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY (POLICIES, FRAMEWORKS, INFO SYSTEMS, PROJECTS), THE IMPLICATIONS OF VIOLENCE MUST BE UNDERSTOOD & ADDRESSED
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Q WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST WITH A POLITICAL ECONOMIST?
A PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT VIOLENCE AND ITS (VERY) FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES – SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC
THE “VULNERABILITY CONTEXT” IS NOT EXTERNAL LIVELIHOODS SYSTEMS
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1. LIVELIHOODS & FOOD SECURITY
FACT: PEOPLE RELY ON LIVELIHOOD SYSTEMS FOR FOOD SECURITY
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2. CONTEXT OF CEs
• NO ADEQUATE/AGREEMENT ON DEFINITION OF CEs
• VIOLENCE CENTRAL TO ALL CEs
• VIOLENCE IS BOTH SPECIFIC AND FUNCTIONAL
• ANALYSIS OF VIOLENCE LIMITED (LARGELY) TO POLITICAL ECONOMY: COLLINSON, COLLIER, SLIM, DUFFIELD, ANDERSON, ETC.
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FORM OF VIOLENCE
FUNCTION/SPECIFICITY
EXAMPLE
GENDER VIOLENCE
ATTACKS ON WOMEN AS ATTACKS ON THE NATIONALITY/THE “MOTHER NATION”; ETHNIC CLEANSING; EMASCULATING MALE STRENGTH
RWANDA; FORMER YUGOSLAVIA; MOZAMBIQUE; SIERRA LEONE
ASSASSINATION, CAR BOMBING
ATTACK ON HUMANITARIANS AS ATTACKS ON U.S.-LED POLITICO-MILITARY AGENDAS
AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SOMALIA
FORCED DISPLACEMENT, ASSET STRIPPING
ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO RAIDERS; DISEMPOWER, WEAKEN OPPOSITION
SUDAN; ANGOLA; SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA
CHILD SOLDIERS; FORCE CHILDREN TO KILL
TERRORIZE, INCREASE FIGHTING FORCES, DESTABILIZE COMMUNITIES
MOZAMBIQUE, UGANDA, SIERRA LEONE, SRI LANKA
RUMOUR, RANDOM DISAPPEARANCES
SHRED SOCIAL FABRIC OF TRUST, UNDERMINE OPPOSITION
GUATEMALA, ARGETINA, COLUMBIA
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3. FRAMEWORKS & VIOLENCE
• VIOLENCE IS EXPENSIVE FOR HOUSEHOLDS & IS HARD ON LIVELIHOODS SYSTEMS & FOOD SECURITY
• VIOLENCE SHAPES EACH AND EVERY ELEMENT OF LIVELIHOODS SYSTEMS
• BUT…THE “VULNERABILITY CONTEXT” DOESN’T ADEQUATELY CAPTURE THIS
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VIOLENCE AND ASSETSHUMAN, SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, NATURAL,
FINANCIAL
VIOLENCE ERODES ASSETS – AND THREATENS FOOD SECURITY BY:
1.DIRECT DESTRUCTION2.TRANSFORMING ASSETS INTO
LIABILITIES3.INCREASING DEMAND FOR
LIMITED ASSETS
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VIOLENCE INFLUENCE & ACCESS
VIOLENCE’S PRIMARY TOOL IS FEAR
FEAR RE-SHAPES “INFLUENCE & ACCESS” RELATIONSHIPS DISEMPOWERMENT
LE BILLON: POWERLESSNESS AS A MORE USEFUL CONCEPT THAN POVERTY
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VIOLENCE, POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS &
PROCESSESVIOLENCE, (LIKE OTHER DRIVING FORCES OF DISASTERS – HIV/AIDS, MACROECONOMIC POLICY FAILURES), IS A PIP THAT:
•IS ENDOGENOUS, EMBEDDED IN LIVELIHOODS SYSTEMS
•CAN INDUCE CONSERVATISM, FUNDAMENTALISM AND WORSE
•CAN PROMOTE MILITARIZATION
•WARPS AND COMPETES (& WINS) AGAINST OTHER PIPS, INCLUDING THOSE TO PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY
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VIOLENCE AND STRATEGIES
VIOLENCE, AS A PIP, SHAPES LIVELIHOODS STRATEGIES
• SOME NEW LIVELIHOODS STRATEGIES BECOME AVAILABLE, AND PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY (MILITIA, POPPY/CHAT, PROTECTION, CAMP SERVICES)
• BUT MOSTLY, LIVELIHOODS STRATEGIES ARE CONSTRAINED
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VIOLENCE AND OUTCOMES
LIVELIHOODS IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENCE OFTEN YIELD
•FOOD INSECURITY - MALNUTRITION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, DESTITUTION, DESPAIR, DISPLACEMENT
•RARELY, WILL PRODUCE POSITIVE OUTCOMES
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