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DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\,We are inviting academics and practitioners to
  contribute to an edited volume\, Stories from the Field: Autoethnographic
  Reflections on Humanitarianism and Resilience. This book explores the per
 sonal\, professional\, and ethical dimensions of working\n        and rese
 arching in humanitarianism\, resilience\, and development focused on the l
 ived experiences of researchers and practitioners in the field.We welcome 
 chapters that engage with questions such as:&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How ha
 s your understanding of the field changed throughout your career? You can 
 critically reflect on past and present experiences\, or future trends or e
 xpectations.&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What personal impacts have you experie
 nce in regard to your work? Were these positive\, negative\, life changing
 ?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How do you integrate theory and practice in your 
 work? What are the tensions\, interconnections\, disconnections?Submission
  Details:Submit a 200-word abstract outlining your proposed chapterDeadlin
 e: 17 March 2025Send your abstracts to Sandra Carrasco s.carrasco@deakin.e
 du.auKey dates:Abstract submission deadline: 17 March 2025Abstract accepta
 nce: 31 March 2025Chapter submission deadline: 30 June 2025Chapter accepta
 nce/review notification: 31 July 2025Revised manuscripts due (if necessary
 ): 1 September 2025Final submission to\n    publisher: 28 November 2025Edi
 tors:Dr Sandra Carrasco\,&nbsp\;Deakin University\, AustraliaDr Leanne Kel
 ly\,&nbsp\;Deakin University\, Australia / Australian Red CrossWe look for
 ward to receiving your diverse perspectives that bridge theory and practic
 e. Please share widely.To help you writing your abstract and chapter\, ple
 ase consider some ideas (but not limited to these) for the questions/promp
 ts:1. Understanding the field&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Can you describe a mo
 ment in your work that reshaped how you understand humanitarianism/develop
 ment?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What ethical dilemmas have you faced in your 
 work\, and how did you navigate them?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How have inst
 itutional structures (NGO\, government\, international organisations) shap
 ed your ability to engage with communities/do your work?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &
 nbsp\;Have you ever felt like an insider or outsider in the communities yo
 u work with? How did this change/affect your practice? How do you reflect 
 your work\, motivations\, work principles while working with people?&nbsp\
 ; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What assumptions did you have about humanitarian/develop
 ment work before entering the field\, and how have they changed? How has y
 our understanding of this field changed over time? If you could go back an
 d tell your 20-year-old self\n    about working in this field\, what would
  you tell them.&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How have you changed your ideas\, e
 xpertise\, knowledge over the time? Have you reflected on how it is to wor
 k ?at home? and abroad? How do you feel working with less advantaged or vu
 lnerable people? Do you think there should be something\n    that needs to
  be changed in the sector or people working on it?2. Personal impacts&nbsp
 \; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How has this work impacted your mental\, emotional\, or
  physical well-being?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Have you experienced burnout\
 , moral injury\, or compassion fatigue? How did you cope? Have you felt vu
 lnerable while at work?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What role has identity (gen
 der\, ethnicity\, nationality\, class\, etc.) played in your experiences a
 nd interactions in the field?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Have there been momen
 ts when your personal values or beliefs conflicted with professional expec
 tations? How did you respond\, aligned or managed the contradictions? What
  impact did these experiences have on you as a practitioner/academic?3. Re
 flections on theory\, practice\, and impact&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How has
  your understanding of success or impact evolved in your work over time?&n
 bsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What frustrations or limitations have you encountere
 d in standard humanitarian/development approaches?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;
 Have you ever challenged or resisted dominant narratives or methodologies 
 in your work? What happened?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How do you negotiate t
 he tension between personal involvement and professional detachment in you
 r work?&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What do you wish policymakers\, donors\, or
  the public better understood about the realities of your work?&nbsp\; *&n
 bsp\; &nbsp\;How are academic and practitioner worlds interconnected or di
 sconnected? [theory and practice]If you have questions\, please contact Sa
 ndra Carrasco at s.carrasco@deakin.edu.au.Best regards\,Sandra Carrasco
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 nographic Reflections on Humanitarianism and Resilience"
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>Dear Colleagues\,</div><div><br /></div><
 div><p>We are inviting academics and practitioners to contribute to an edi
 ted volume\, Stories from the Field: Autoethnographic Reflections on Human
 itarianism and Resilience. This book explores the personal\, professional\
 , and ethical dimensions of working\n        and researching in humanitari
 anism\, resilience\, and development focused on the lived experiences of r
 esearchers and practitioners in the field.</p><p><span style="background-c
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 ite-space:inherit\;">We welcome chapters that engage with questions such a
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 t personal impacts have you experience in regard to your work? Were these 
 positive\, negative\, life changing?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How
  do you integrate theory and practice in your work? What are the tensions\
 , interconnections\, disconnections?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></di
 v><div><strong>Submission Details:</strong></div><div>Submit a 200-word ab
 stract outlining your proposed chapter</div><div>Deadline: 17 March 2025</
 div><div>Send your abstracts to Sandra Carrasco s.carrasco@deakin.edu.au</
 div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Key dates:</strong></div><ul><li><p>Abst
 ract submission deadline: 17 March 2025</p></li><li><p><span style="backgr
 ound-color:transparent\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inhe
 rit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;care
 t-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Abstract acceptance: 31 March 2025</s
 pan></p></li><li><p>Chapter submission deadline: 30 June 2025</p></li><li>
 <p><span style="background-color:transparent\;color:inherit\;font-family:i
 nherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;wor
 d-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Chapter accepta
 nce/review notification: 31 July 2025</span></p></li><li><p>Revised manusc
 ripts due (if necessary): 1 September 2025</p></li><li><p>Final submission
  to\n    publisher: 28 November 2025</p></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><s
 trong>Editors:</strong></div><div>Dr Sandra Carrasco\,&nbsp\;<span style="
 background-color:initial\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-ali
 gn:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\
 ;white-space:inherit\;">Deakin University\, Australia</span></div><div><sp
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 \;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-c
 olor:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Dr Leanne Kelly\,&nbsp\;</span><span sty
 le="background-color:initial\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text
 -align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:a
 uto\;white-space:inherit\;">Deakin University\, Australia / Australian Red
  Cross</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We look forward 
 to receiving your diverse perspectives that bridge theory and practice. Pl
 ease share widely.</div><div><br /></div><div>To help you writing your abs
 tract and chapter\, please consider some ideas (but not limited to these) 
 for the questions/prompts:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Understanding the
  field</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Can you describe
  a moment in your work that reshaped how you understand humanitarianism/de
 velopment?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What ethical dilemmas have yo
 u faced in your work\, and how did you navigate them?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&
 nbsp\; &nbsp\;How have institutional structures (NGO\, government\, intern
 ational organisations) shaped your ability to engage with communities/do y
 our work?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Have you ever felt like an ins
 ider or outsider in the communities you work with? How did this change/aff
 ect your practice? How do you reflect your work\, motivations\, work princ
 iples while working with people?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What as
 sumptions did you have about humanitarian/development work before entering
  the field\, and how have they changed? How has your understanding of this
  field changed over time? If you could go back and tell your 20-year-old s
 elf\n    about working in this field\, what would you tell them.</div><div
 >&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How have you changed your ideas\, expertise\, kno
 wledge over the time? Have you reflected on how it is to work ?at home? an
 d abroad? How do you feel working with less advantaged or vulnerable peopl
 e? Do you think there should be something\n    that needs to be changed in
  the sector or people working on it?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></di
 v><div>2. Personal impacts</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nb
 sp\;How has this work impacted your mental\, emotional\, or physical well-
 being?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Have you experienced burnout\, mo
 ral injury\, or compassion fatigue? How did you cope? Have you felt vulner
 able while at work?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What role has identi
 ty (gender\, ethnicity\, nationality\, class\, etc.) played in your experi
 ences and interactions in the field?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Hav
 e there been moments when your personal values or beliefs conflicted with 
 professional expectations? How did you respond\, aligned or managed the co
 ntradictions? What impact did these experiences have on you as a practitio
 ner/academic?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3. Reflections o
 n theory\, practice\, and impact</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp
 \; &nbsp\;How has your understanding of success or impact evolved in your 
 work over time?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What frustrations or lim
 itations have you encountered in standard humanitarian/development approac
 hes?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Have you ever challenged or resiste
 d dominant narratives or methodologies in your work? What happened?</div><
 div>&nbsp\; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;How do you negotiate the tension between perso
 nal involvement and professional detachment in your work?</div><div>&nbsp\
 ; *&nbsp\; &nbsp\;What do you wish policymakers\, donors\, or the public b
 etter understood about the realities of your work?</div><div>&nbsp\; *&nbs
 p\; &nbsp\;How are academic and practitioner worlds interconnected or disc
 onnected? [theory and practice]</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><di
 v><br /></div><div>If you have questions\, please contact Sandra Carrasco 
 at <a href="mailto:s.carrasco@deakin.edu.au">s.carrasco@deakin.edu.au.</a>
 </div><div><br /></div><div>Best regards\,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sand
 ra Carrasco</div><div><br /></div>
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