Remoteness and 'demonitored space' in Afghanistan
Remoteness and 'demonitored space' in Afghanistan
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阿富汗的偏远和“拆除空间”
DOI：
10.1080/21647259.2014.887619
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Sandstrom K
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作者：
Sandstrom K
在阿富汗的援助方案的意图和结果之间的实际和心理分离，使援助和发展越来越有可能被其他利益所左右，与实际结果的联系越来越少。减少有形风险使其部分地与周围的感知威胁隔绝，因此也与受援社区隔绝。在许多情况下，它已经变成了“为了”和“在”做事情，而不是“与”和“为”-换句话说，输出超过结果。在阿富汗广泛的实地考察的基础上，本文试图解释如何偏远的阿富汗援助的背景下发展，并强调其影响。主要的问题是创造了一个“解除监控的空间”-这是一个包含监控和控制的幻想但实际上已经屈服于其他利益的运作环境。这一空间需要以针对具体情况的解决办法结束，并增加与执行点的接触，而不是增加孤立和偏远。
A physical and psychological separation between intent and outcome of aid programmes in Afghanistan makes aid and development increasingly at risk of capture by alternative interests and less tied to actual outcomes. Physical risk mitigation has led to a partial insulation from a surrounding perceived threat but consequently also from recipient communities. In many cases, it has become doing things ‘to’ and ‘at’, rather than ‘with’ and ‘for’ – in other words output over outcome. Building on extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan, this article seeks to explain how remoteness develops in the Afghan aid context and highlight some of its implications. The primary problem is the creation of ‘demonitored space’ – a section of the operational environment that contains the illusion of monitoring and control but that in reality has been surrendered to alternative interests. This space requires closing with context-specific solutions and increased contact with the point of implementation – not increased isolation and remoteness.