Wilkinson Olivia, Logo Kuyang Harriet, Tomalin Emma, Anthony Wani Laki, De Wolf Florine, Kurien Asha
Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, 1220 L Street NW, Ste 100 #514, Washington, DC 20005 USA.
University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan.
J Int Humanit Action. 2022;7(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s41018-021-00113-8. Epub 2022 Jan 11.
Localisation, as it aims to shift power in the humanitarian system, will involve the increased inclusion of local faith actors, those national and local faith-affiliated groups and organisations that are often first, and last, responders in crises and have been responding in humanitarian contexts for many years, but often in parallel to humanitarian coordination mechanisms. In primary research in South Sudan with local faith actors and international humanitarian actors, this article aims to examine the inroads and barriers to local faith actor involvement in the humanitarian system and the realisation of localisation with local actors such as these. The research is based on an ethnographic study in which researchers were imbedded in a humanitarian project that aimed to help bridge divides between local faith actors and the international humanitarian system. The findings are based on one-on-one and group interviews with 89 participants from a range of international and local, and faith and secular, organisations. Findings indicate that local faith actors are active in responding to crises and want to be linked to the humanitarian system, but they feel distanced from it and pigeonholed as local faith actors. Formalisation through the appropriate registration systems and then training and networking with the humanitarian system helped them build legitimacy and feel confident to participate in humanitarian coordination. International humanitarian actors can help bridge barriers by understanding and connecting with the local faith actors and challenging their own assumptions about who local faith actors are.
本土化旨在改变人道主义系统中的权力格局，这将涉及更多地纳入当地宗教行为体，即那些与宗教相关的国家和地方团体及组织，它们往往是危机中的首批响应者和最后一批撤离者，多年来一直在人道主义环境中开展应对工作，但通常是在人道主义协调机制之外并行开展。通过对南苏丹当地宗教行为体和国际人道主义行为体进行初步研究，本文旨在探讨当地宗教行为体参与人道主义系统以及与这类当地行为体实现本土化的进展和障碍。该研究基于一项人种志研究，研究人员融入了一个旨在弥合当地宗教行为体与国际人道主义系统之间分歧的人道主义项目。研究结果基于对来自一系列国际和地方、宗教和世俗组织的89名参与者进行的一对一访谈和小组访谈。研究结果表明，当地宗教行为体积极应对危机，并希望与人道主义系统建立联系，但他们感到与该系统存在距离，并被归类为当地宗教行为体。通过适当的登记系统实现正规化，然后与人道主义系统进行培训和建立联系，有助于他们建立合法性并自信地参与人道主义协调。国际人道主义行为体可以通过理解当地宗教行为体并与他们建立联系，以及挑战自己对当地宗教行为体的固有看法，来帮助消除障碍。
