“Where is home?”—“Doctors Without Borders”, doctors without a homeland?Article
Authors: Ludovic Joxe 1
0000-0002-3346-6144
Ludovic Joxe
1 Centre population et développement
Are “Doctors Without Borders” (MSF) doctors without a homeland? Based on fifty interviews, statistical data and a participatory observation, this article describes humanitarian mission conditions limiting local integration and suggests three forms of attachment: home (“break expatriates”), elsewhere (“multi‑homeland expatriates”) or nowhere (“duty‑free expatriates”). For the latter, MSF plays, until their departure from the organization, the role of substitute homeland.
Keywords: sociology,expatriation,MSF,family,identity,homeland,mission,humanitarianism,Homeland,sociología,expatriación,MSF,familia,identidad,patria,misión,ayuda humanitaria,sociologie,expatriation,MSF,famille,identité,patrie,mission,humanitaire,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences