Understanding Celebrity Humanitarianism and Celebrity Advocacy
Lisa Ann Richey and Dan Brockington
Relevant Links
Lisa Ann Richey
University Site
Commodifying Compassion: Implications of Turning People and Humanitarian Causes into Marketable Things
https://lisaannrichey.wixsite.com/coco
Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development
https://lisaannrichey.wixsite.com/batmansavesthecongo
New Book: Celebrity Humanitarianism and North-South Relations: Politics, Place and Power
https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854284
Research network on Celebrity and North-South relations
https://celebnorthsouth.wordpress.com/
What does humanitarian practice look like now?
Dan Brockington
Dan Brockington on the paradoxes of celebrity advocacy
About Dan Brockington
https://celebrityanddevelopment.wordpress.com/about-dan-brockington/
Celebrity advocacy doesn’t always work, but who cares?
Sarah Illingworth, Huffington Post, 2016
Multiple blogs and news articles about Dan’s work (including from the New York Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, Independent, IRIN and Fast Company) are available here