BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Syracuse University Events - ECPv6.0.12//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://calendar.syracuse.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events calendar for the Syracuse University community REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T133000 DTSTAMP:20240328T183729 CREATED:20210125T180934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T205758Z UID:32670-1613995200-1614000600@calendar.syracuse.edu SUMMARY:It's Just How Things Are Done DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \nSovereignty\, Order and Conflict presents \nIt’s Just How Things Are Done: Humanitarian Principles\, Gender\, and Informal Socialization in Aid Work \nIncreasing research on humanitarian communities investigates how the nature of their work affects humanitarian workers’ personal lives and vice versa\, especially with regards to issues such as mental health and sexual violence. The #MeToo movement and several public scandals have brought to light undeniable patterns of sexual violence in crisis zones perpetrated by humanitarian aid workers; allegations reveal a trend of predominantly male-identified humanitarians perpetrating sexual violence against both their fellow aid workers and the communities they purport to serve. Why is sexual violence seemingly endemic to humanitarian communities governed by strong principles\, professional codes of conduct\, and oversight? \n  \nThis manuscript draws on textual analysis\, participant observation\, and in-depth interviews to argue that informal socialization practices interact with gendered and raced employment structures and “pressure cooker” environments to normalize certain forms of sexual harassment\, coercion\, and exploitation while labeling them “how things are done.” Specifically\, we argue that social and geographic isolation\, the construction of local spaces and people as “threatening\,” and the sexualization of leisure time and mental health practices all contribute to the conditions of possibility for sexual harassment and assault to be normalized and seen as “how things are done.” \nSarah Parkinson \nAssistant Professor \nJohn Hopkins University \nDr. Sarah E. Parkinson is the Aronson Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her research examines organizational behavior and social change in contexts of war and disaster. Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa\, Parkinson studies how actors such as military organizations\, political parties\, and humanitarian groups cope with crisis\, disruption\, and fragmentation. She has conducted extensive fieldwork among Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon as well as with humanitarian responders in Iraqi Kurdistan. \nClick here to register  \nFor more information please contact\, Ryan Griffiths\, rgriff01@syr.edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. URL:https://calendar.syracuse.edu/events/2021-feb-22/sarah-parkinson-32670/ LOCATION:Virtual (see event details) 150 Crouse Dr.\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13244\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Science and Public Policy ORGANIZER;CN="MAX-Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs":MAILTO:jmhoran@syr.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR