Understanding Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
by Ludovic Joxe
Latest episode
5/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction
5/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction
About this podcast
This podcast is the result of a a research led since 2014 by Ludovic Joxe, sociologist and humanitarian aid worker for Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF). Each episode uses the Google NoteBookLM tool to discuss the content of a different article published by Ludovic Joxe in an academic journal in recent years. The written version of each article is avalaible online (https://cv.hal.science/ludovic-joxe) or can be requested from Ludovic Joxe ([email protected]).
Episodes
- 5/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 5“Saving the world, or at least alleviating some of the world's pain, is supposed to be rewarding. But care and healthcare activities are also known to be the most exposed to…
- 4/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 4“Saving the world, or at least alleviating some of the world's pain, is supposed to be rewarding. But care and healthcare activities are also known to be the most exposed to…
- 3/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 3“Saving the world, or at least alleviating some of the world's pain, is supposed to be rewarding. But care and healthcare activities are also known to be the most exposed to…
- 2/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 2“Saving the world, or at least alleviating some of the world's pain, is supposed to be rewarding. But care and healthcare activities are also known to be the most exposed to…
- 1/5 - When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 1“Saving the world, or at least alleviating some of the world's pain, is supposed to be rewarding. But care and healthcare activities are also known to be the most exposed to…
- (All at once) When “saving the world” is a source of dissatisfaction · 8 min · Season 2 Episode 11“Saving the world, or at least alleviating some of the world's pain, is supposed to be rewarding. But care and healthcare activities are also known to be the most exposed to…
- Are doctors without borders doctors without a homeland? · 19 min · Season 2 Episode 10This podcast discusses the fact that humanitarian mission conditions limit local integration and the analytical article on which this podcast is based suggests three forms of…
- How to sanction without causing pain? · 13 min · Season 2 Episode 9In the humanitarian sector, dedicated to alleviating people’s suffering, how to qualify a misconduct and impose a potentially painful sanction? How can one judge, i.e. consider…
- Off-work and intimacy during missions · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 8What meaning does the notion of off-work have when employees, such as those at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), remain constrained by their uninterrupted world of work for months…
- Changes brought about by the southernization · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 7Over the past thirty years, many players in the international aid sector tried to involve the populations they work with in a movement of “southernization”. At MSF, this resulted…
- Who is legitimate to speak out within MSF? · 13 min · Season 2 Episode 6In this podcast, we discuss the notion of politicization considering the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as a society of individuals in its own right, with its…
- Are humanitarian workers precarious? · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 5By defining precariousness as a period of undergone uncertainty, this article aims to grasp how the tension between militant ideal and managerial imperative of the organization…
- A mobility capital? · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 4In this podcast, we discuss the fact that, at MSF, mobility experiences are accumulable, mobilizable, convertible, depreciable and transmissible. Based on that, we suggest that…
- Interest, disinterestedness and indifference · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 3In this podcast, we discuss the notion of disinterestedness within Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This podcast reveals three gradations of interest: first, interestedness, the…
- The acceptance of humanitarian intervention · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 2This podcast examines the acceptance of the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the areas where it operates. It focuses in particular on the individual…
- From traumatic stress to job stress · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 1Over the past thirty years, the humanitarian sector has become increasingly professional, and society has recognised the importance of psychological well-being. This podcast…
