Humanitarian Technology : Taking the ‘Human’ out of Humanitarianism?

• Main Author: Chen, Christopher
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; Global
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105709; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There has been a rapid turn towards the use of both physical and digital technologies in the humanitarian sector. New forms of humanitarian technology (HUMTECH) encompass both hardware – drones, modular shelters, robots and software, such as data collection systems, biometric identification programs...