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*Apologies for any cross-posting* Breaking the Mould: Humanitarian Aid and Empowering Local Communities, Keynote Valerie Amos, Durham 1-3 August 2012 Second call for papers Dear Colleagues, We have a wonderful opportunity to hear the Head of OCHA Baroness Valerie Amos speak about humanitarian aid at a conference, 'Breaking the Mould: Humanitarian Aid and Empowering Local Communities', being organised at Durham University from 1-3 August 2012. Full details and a call for papers can be found in the attached flier and at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=106 Those wishing to present should send abstracts of no more than 300 words to [log in to unmask] by **20th April 2012**. A list of themes is provided below, please indicate which theme your paper relates to. Durham has kept the price of the conference low by not charging a conference fee in order to make it possible for people to attend from both the UK and overseas. The £250 early bird registration fee (to 31 May) covers accommodation in University en-suite rooms and food from 31 July to 3rd August. The conference will also provide an opportunity to network with people from different parts of the world. We hope that you will both circulate this information and attend yourself. Many thanks. Look forward to seeing you soon. Best wishes Lena -- Professor Lena Dominelli Chair in Applied Social Studies Associate Director, Institute of Hazards, Risk and Resilience Research Durham University Durham DH1 3JT -- Breaking the Mould: Humanitarian Aid and Empowering Local Communities Calman Learning Centre, Durham University, Durham, UK Keynote: Valerie Amos, Head of OCHA Societies are facing increasing levels of risk and uncertainty in disaster situations. This makes delivering humanitarian aid in disaster situations a complicated and controversial subject. Whilst there are numerous examples of good practice that relief workers can point to, there are also countless instances of exploitative and/or inappropriate interventions that those receiving aid have to contend with. This conference asks whether it is time for a paradigm shift in the manner in which aid is delivered and who can be legitimately involved in such work. What are the agendas that donors should respond to if they are trying to empower local recipients? What can be learnt from research and practice in this regard? The following themes are aimed at helping conference participants to explore important issues: 'Put everything back the way it was' Forming egalitarian partnerships with disaster survivors Internationalising institutions and professional practices in aid situations Hazards, risk and resilience in disaster prone communities Climate Change Disasters Indigenous/locality specific ways of helping in disaster situations Knowledge exchanges and transfers in disaster interventions 'Best practices' in disaster interventions Researching across borders Conventional and non-conventional actors in disaster responses Further discussion of these themes is available at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=106 Those wishing to present should send abstracts of no more than 300 words to [log in to unmask] by 20th April 2012. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/discussion/guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/forcedmigration