the code of ethics offers Guidelines for Interventions in the Humanitarian Context.

 

collected by MIT future heritage lab, the entries include contributions from refugees, experts, researchers, students, and practitioners engaged in humanitarian relief.

Students discuss the ethics of cultural interventions in the refugee context

Students discuss the ethics of cultural interventions in the refugee context

Within the frame of the class Foundations in Art, Design and Spatial Practices: Inventions in the Refugee Camp taught by Future Heritage Lab Director Azra Aksamija at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), students share ethical reflections on cultural interventions in the refugee context. Questions, considerations, and dilemmas are extracted from students first-hand experience with working with refugees at the Al Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. 

What is the role of art in conditions of war and crisis?

What is the role of art in conditions of war and crisis?