Kathrin Knodel
Biographic Data
| ID | 85254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathrin Knodel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathrin |
| FAMILY NAME | Knodel |
| SIGNATURE | KNODEL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2631-3692 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conceptualizing crisis brokerage
The contemporary world is facing multiple crises, from pandemics to wars, from climate change to forced migration. Many of them are closely interlinked and bring to the fore and enforce existing inequalities. Although these crises are often global in scale, they are dealt with differently in specific, local contexts. Regardless of nature and scope of the crisis, affected people often rely on brokers to create meaning, mitigate the disruptive and …
NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa
Brokerage from within
Situated between various social worlds, brokers are highly mobile figures, in a physical and an ideational sense; they channel scarce information and resources, translate different languages and jargons, and mediate and facilitate between individuals and/or organisations, the local and the global, in a wide range of settings. Taking an in-depth ethnographic look at the actual work of brokers and their particular life stories, contributions to thi…
NGO brokers between local needs and global norms
Local NGO brokers in Africa and beyond negotiate and mediate between (inter)national donors and potential beneficiaries within their communities. They translate local needs into development projects to make them suitable for international donors. This article looks at two main conditions that influence their work: First, windows of opportunity, which open and close according to structures and institutions beyond their sphere of influence; and sec…
Brokerage from within
Situated between various social worlds, brokers are highly mobile figures, in a physical and an ideational sense; they channel scarce information and resources, translate different languages and jargons, and mediate and facilitate between individuals and/or organisations, the local and the global, in a wide range of settings. Taking an in-depth ethnographic look at the actual work of brokers and their particular life stories, contributions to thi…
Conceptualizing crisis brokerage
The contemporary world is facing multiple crises, from pandemics to wars, from climate change to forced migration. Many of them are closely interlinked and bring to the fore and enforce existing inequalities. Although these crises are often global in scale, they are dealt with differently in specific, local contexts. Regardless of nature and scope of the crisis, affected people often rely on brokers to create meaning, mitigate the disruptive and …
NGO brokers between local needs and global norms
Local NGO brokers in Africa and beyond negotiate and mediate between (inter)national donors and potential beneficiaries within their communities. They translate local needs into development projects to make them suitable for international donors. This article looks at two main conditions that influence their work: First, windows of opportunity, which open and close according to structures and institutions beyond their sphere of influence; and sec…
NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa
Brokerage from within
Situated between various social worlds, brokers are highly mobile figures, in a physical and an ideational sense; they channel scarce information and resources, translate different languages and jargons, and mediate and facilitate between individuals and/or organisations, the local and the global, in a wide range of settings. Taking an in-depth ethnographic look at the actual work of brokers and their particular life stories, contributions to thi…
NGO brokers between local needs and global norms
Local NGO brokers in Africa and beyond negotiate and mediate between (inter)national donors and potential beneficiaries within their communities. They translate local needs into development projects to make them suitable for international donors. This article looks at two main conditions that influence their work: First, windows of opportunity, which open and close according to structures and institutions beyond their sphere of influence; and sec…
Conceptualizing crisis brokerage
The contemporary world is facing multiple crises, from pandemics to wars, from climate change to forced migration. Many of them are closely interlinked and bring to the fore and enforce existing inequalities. Although these crises are often global in scale, they are dealt with differently in specific, local contexts. Regardless of nature and scope of the crisis, affected people often rely on brokers to create meaning, mitigate the disruptive and …
Political science (4 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Conceptual framework (1 works) · Cosmopolitanism (1 works)