![]() Instead, she schmoozed with politicians, foreign soldiers and other aid workers, and drew from her limited pre-existing knowledge of the country to write up reports for her bosses, who were mostly abroad. ![]() Autesserre was ostensibly in “the field” to help those afflicted by wars, disease and poverty, but she communicated with few civilians. ![]() When she did go out, it was often in the passenger seat of a chauffeured car, which gave her motion sickness and prevented her from getting to know her neighbors. She was barely allowed to leave her fortified compound - too dangerous. The Barnard professor Séverine Autesserre was several deployments into her career as an international aid worker when she realized something was wrong with what she calls “Peaceland.” Whether in Afghanistan, Congo or Kosovo, she was struck by the sameness of her world. ![]() ![]() An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World By Séverine Autesserre ![]()
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