The food is not enough

Disability and food aid technologies in a Ugandan refugee settlement

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ID2103764
AuthorsMaria-Theres Schuler (0000-0002-1233-0782, University of Zurich, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume92
Issue4
Pages449-466
Publication date2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0001972022000390
OpenAlexW4313035429
LanguageEN
References cited21

In Uganda's refugee policy framework, food aid targets the most vulnerable - among them people with disabilities - using a categorization system. This article explores the entanglements of this technology of food distribution with disabled people's socialities. It reveals that the system does not achieve its proposed rationale of creating equal opportunities for people who are disadvantaged within Uganda's refugee policy of self-reliance, and that it falls short in enabling disabled people to fulfil roles and responsibilities. Nevertheless, food aid is a significant contribution that allows refugees with disabilities to cultivate family and non-kin relationships. Exploring these interdependent relations around food aid calls into question the ideas of equality and independence as fundamental principles of living together

Business · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Food distribution · Independence (probability theory · Interdependence · Political science · Refugee · Settlement (finance · Social science · Sociology · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Identity, and Health

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