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They argue that, in Myanmar, while taxonomies of difference "can constitute axes of exclusion. a strong driver for humanitarian activity and resource-sharing evolved around taxonomies of affinity, perceived or constructed similarity, and shared biographies.".

In the first text for our feature on "Taxonomies of Difference in Global Humanitarianism" for @FocaalBlog, Fechter and May discuss "Vernacular Humanitarianism" in Myanmar

New piece in @culanth by one of AHN's outgoing conveners:.

The feature reflects on contributions to an AHN workshop ran in July 2023 with the same title.

If humanitarianism is anchored in a universalising humanist vocabulary, these essays suggest that difference does not merely constrain such ambitions, but rather, is constitutive of humanitarian action itself.