Inter-community participatory social network analysis

Re-envisioning humanitarian accountability with climate-related displaced communities in Bangladesh

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15306969
AutoresHyeonggeun Ji (0000-0002-2325-982X, Erasmus University Rotterdam, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume34
Fascículo1
Páginas133-146
Data de publicação2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDisaster Prevention and Management An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0965-3562 • E-ISSN: 1758-6100
EditoraEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/dpm-02-2024-0040
OpenAlexW4405973740
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas38

Purpose Humanitarian accountability is practiced with the normative aim of challenging systematic inequalities and power imbalance in humanitarian governance. This study interrogates the actual practices of humanitarian accountability from the perspectives of climate-related displaced communities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Inter-community participatory social network analysis (PSNA) was adopted during the fieldwork to centralise the perspectives of climate-related displaced people in knowledge construction. The on-site revision of the research design manifested methodological reflexivity, fostering epistemological plurality. Findings The universal practice of downward accountability shows limited sensitivity to local power asymmetries in rural Bangladeshi society. This apolitical approach is often co-opted by humanitarian agencies, further marginalising displaced people in governing process. In contrast, the nuanced concept of an accountable humanitarian network represents a socially embedded practice driven by local actors and institutions, emphasising respect for the rights and agency of displaced people. Originality/value The findings were co-constructed by the author, research assistant and participants, contributing to methodological reflexivity in disaster studies and advancing humanitarian accountability practice

Accountability · Citizen journalism · Displaced person · Political science · Refugee · Social capital · Social network analysis · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · International Development and Aid