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Humanitarian Engineering reviews the development of engineering as a distinct profession and of the humanitarian movement as a special socio-political practice. Having noted that the two developments were situated in the same geographical and historical space--that is, in Europe and North America beginning in the 1700s--the book argues for a mutual influence and synthesis that has previously been lacking. In this spirit, the first of two central chapters describes humanitarian engineering as the artful drawing on science to direct the resources of nature with active compassion to meet the basic needs of all -- especially the powerless, poor, or otherwise marginalized. A second central chapter then considers strategies for education in humanitarian engineering so conceived. Two final chapters consider challenges and implications.

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Morgan & Claypool
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Sustainability, Engineering, Study and teaching, Humanitarianism, Social aspects, History
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Table of Contents

1. Engineering
What engineers do
From military to civilian engineering
Use and convenience, extended and criticized
2. Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism versus humanism and human rights
Humanitarian universalism
Anticipations of the humanitarian movement
Phase one (1800s): rise of the humanitarian movement proper
Phase two (early 1900s): humanitarianism beyond the battlefield
Phase three (1950s-1960s): humanitarianism as free world ideology
Phase four (1970s-1990s): alternative humanitarianisms
Phase five (2000s-present): humanitarianism globalized and questioned
The humanitarian charter
3. Humanitarian engineering
The Fred Cuny story
Other precursors and influences
Maurice Albertson and the U.S. Peace Corps
Médecins sans frontiers and Engineers without borders
Humanitarian engineering: core features
4. Humanitarian engineering education
A few model programs
The Peace Corps master's international program
What counts as a humanitarian engineering project
The needs question
New dimensions in engineering and education
5. Challenges
Practical challenges
Theoretical challenges
6. Conclusion: humanizing technology
Bibliography
Supplemental bibliography
Authors' biographies.

Edition Notes

Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 13, 2010).

Series from website.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-72).

Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA)
Series
Synthesis lectures on engineers, technology, & society -- # 13
Other Titles
Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

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620.0023
Library of Congress
TA157 .M574 2010, TA157 .M58 2010

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OL25562643M
Internet Archive
humanitarianengi00mitc
ISBN 13
9781608451524, 9781608451517
OCLC/WorldCat
669899623

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