@article{fdi:010079210,
  title = {{T}hree acts of resistance during the 2014-16 {W}est {A}frica {E}bola epidemic : a focus on community engagement},
  author = {{L}e {M}arcis, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {E}nria, {L}. and {A}bramowitz, {S}. and {M}ari {S}aez, {A}. and {F}aye, {S}.{L}.{B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}ommunity engagement is commonly regarded as a crucial entry point for gaining access and securing trust during humanitarian emergencies. {I}n this article, we present three case studies of community engagement encounters during the {W}est {A}frican {E}bola outbreak. {T}hey represent strategies commonly implemented by the humanitarian response to the epidemic: communication through comit{\'e}s de veille villageois in {G}uinea, engagement with {NGO}-affiliated community leadership structures in {L}iberia and indirect mediation to chiefs in {S}ierra {L}eone. {T}hese case studies are based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out before, during and after the outbreak by five anthropologists involved in the response to {E}bola in diverse capacities. {O}ur goal is to represent and conceptualise the {E}bola response as a dynamic interaction between a response apparatus, local populations and intermediaries, with uncertain outcomes that were negotiated over time and in response to changing conditions. {O}ur findings show that community engagement tactics that are based on fixed notions of legitimacy are unable to respond to the fluidity of community response environments during emergencies.},
  keywords = {{GUINEE} ; {SIERRA} {LEONE} ; {LIBERIA} ; {MANO} {COURS} {D}'{EAU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}umanitarian {A}ffairs},
  volume = {1},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {23--31},
  ISSN = {2515-6411},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.7227/{JHA}.014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079210},
}