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Smirl, Lisa (2009) Plain tales of the reconstruction site: spatial continuities in contemporary humanitarian practice. In: Duffield, M and Hewitt, V (eds.) Empire, development & colonialism: the past in the present. James Currey. ISBN 9781847010117

Smirl, Lisa (2008) Building the other, constructing ourselves: spatial dimensions of international humanitarian response. International Political Sociology, 2 (3). pp. 236-253. ISSN 1749-5679