title: Embedded wisdom or rooted problems? Aid workers' perspectives on local social and political infrastructure in post-tsunami Aceh.
abstract: This paper analyses the role of local social, cultural, and political institutions in post-disaster reconstruction projects. It contends that such institutions are important considerations within community-driven reconstruction initiatives, but are often viewed with ambivalence by external aid organisations. This paper draws upon in-depth qualitative interviews with aid workers involved in the post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia, to establish: (i) what roles community institutions were suited to play in the reconstruction; (ii) what were the limitations of community institutions when engaging with external aid agencies; (iii) how did external aid agencies engage with local community institutions; and (iv) how did external aid agencies perceive community institutions.
authors.affiliation: Principal Investigator, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011057:Politics; D024382:Professional Role; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057192:Tsunamis
keywords: Aceh; aid workers; participatory practice; tsunami