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Episode Synopsis
Prof. Schuller explains how neoliberal policies and NGOs crippled Haiti's economy, and Haitian women shouldered the burden.
Haitian migrants are at America's Southern border in unprecedented numbers. While many have fled Haiti after the recent assassination of its president, last month's earthquake and the flooding that followed, the overwhelming majority of Haitians are refugees from the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. This begs the following question: how is it that Haiti hasn't recovered from its 2010 earthquake, despite all the international assistance that it received?
Professor Schuller dives into the history of Haiti's earthquake recovery, and what role NGOs have played in Haiti. He is a professor of Anthropology and Nonprofit and NGO Studies at Northern Illinois University and its affiliate University in Haiti. Professor Schuller has been studying NGOs and Haiti since the beginning of this century, and he was on the ground in Haiti just 8 days after its calamitous 2010 earthquake.
This is the link to Professor Schuller’s academic homepage, which includes a list of his many publications and accomplishments
In addition, below are links to other interesting episodes:
S2E35: Puerto Rico's history, Dr. Jorge Dunay
S2E24: Cuba's History & Revolutions, Dr. Lillian Guerra
S2E23: Haiti's Revolution, Dr. Robert Fatton
I hope you enjoy these episodes.
Adel
Host of the History Behind News podcast
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Ruins of Haiti National Palace - Port au Prince. Photo provided by Trocaire from Ireland - DSC_1200 Uploaded by victorgrigas. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas
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Haitian migrants are at America's Southern border in unprecedented numbers. While many have fled Haiti after the recent assassination of its president, last month's earthquake and the flooding that followed, the overwhelming majority of Haitians are refugees from the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. This begs the following question: how is it that Haiti hasn't recovered from its 2010 earthquake, despite all the international assistance that it received?
Professor Schuller dives into the history of Haiti's earthquake recovery, and what role NGOs have played in Haiti. He is a professor of Anthropology and Nonprofit and NGO Studies at Northern Illinois University and its affiliate University in Haiti. Professor Schuller has been studying NGOs and Haiti since the beginning of this century, and he was on the ground in Haiti just 8 days after its calamitous 2010 earthquake.
This is the link to Professor Schuller’s academic homepage, which includes a list of his many publications and accomplishments
In addition, below are links to other interesting episodes:
S2E35: Puerto Rico's history, Dr. Jorge Dunay
S2E24: Cuba's History & Revolutions, Dr. Lillian Guerra
S2E23: Haiti's Revolution, Dr. Robert Fatton
I hope you enjoy these episodes.
Adel
Host of the History Behind News podcast
HIGHLIGHTS: get future episode highlights in your inbox.
SUPPORT: please click here and join our other supporters in the news peeler community. Thank you.
🎵 attribution, links and license for the theme music in this podcast is below: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Click to follow us on Twitter
Ruins of Haiti National Palace - Port au Prince. Photo provided by Trocaire from Ireland - DSC_1200 Uploaded by victorgrigas. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake#/media/File:Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg
License: CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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