The colonial present in international development? The case of German interventions in obstetric care in Tanzania
The colonial present in international development? The case of German interventions in obstetric care in Tanzania
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国际发展中的殖民地存在？
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2016
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Daniel Bendix
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Daniel Bendix
本文调查了坦桑尼亚当代德国产科护理发展合作 (GDC) 中殖民主义是否依然存在。它利用档案和访谈，将当前的干预措施与 20 世纪初德国在“德属东非”(GEA) 的政策进行了比较。它认为，当代发展合作在某种程度上可以被认为是殖民性的，因为它具有种族化、发展主义和托管制的结合。然而，今天的殖民权力已经四分五裂，因为德国发展专业人士对其工作的描述表现出相当程度的犹豫和怀疑。本文通过在 GDC 的研究不足的案例中以及在特定干预领域的具体政策和实践的背景下辨别殖民权力，为关于殖民主义和发展的知识做出了贡献。
This article investigates whether colonialism is alive in contemporary German development cooperation (GDC) on obstetric care in Tanzania. Drawing on archives and interviews, it compares present-day interventions to German policy in ‘German East Africa’ (GEA) at the beginning of the 20th century. It argues that contemporary development cooperation can be considered colonial to a certain extent in that it is marked by a combination of racialization, developmentalism and trusteeship. However, colonial power today is fractured as German development professionals’ accounts of their work display a considerable degree of hesitancy and doubt. This article contributes to the knowledge on colonialism and development by discerning colonial power in the under-researched case of GDC as well as in the context of concrete policy and practice in a particular field of intervention.