Disasterland : an ethnography of the international disaster community
Sandrine Revet
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
| Originaltittel | [ Coulisses du monde des catastrophes naturelles .] Engelsk
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| Omfang | xiii, 236 sider
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1: Introducing Disasterland -- The World of Disaster -- Constructing the Field -- The Making of a World -- References -- Part I: Genealogy and Iconography of the "Natural" Disaster World -- Chapter 2: Stories of a Fragmented World -- First Narrative: A World to Coordinate -- A Boundary-Entrepreneur: Michel Lechat -- Coordination, from UNDRO to OCHA -- Second Narrative. A World to Understand -- A Boundary-Entrepreneur: Frank Press -- Understanding Nature in Disasters -- Denaturalizing Disasters. - Competition Among Experts in International Committees -- Harmonizing Worlds -- References -- Chapter 3: Disaster Iconography: Victims, Rescue Workers, and Hazards -- The Making of Images: Databases, Guidelines, and Codes of Conduct -- Representing "Natural" Disasters -- Representing Victims: Women and Children, Between Vulnerability and Resilience -- Child Figures and Pedagogy -- Mother Figures -- In the Face of Disaster: Heroes, Communities, Mediators -- Heroes and Experts -- Resilient Communities -- Between Victims, Experts, and Communities: The Mediators -- Nature: Culpable and Controllable. - Quantifying Disaster: Concurring and Counting1 -- Databases -- Exploring Future Risks -- Evaluating the World of "Natural" Disasters: Indicators and Benchmarking -- Global Indicators for Global Problems -- Benchmarking, Creating Competition -- "Talking About the Same Thing": Glossaries and Definitions for a Language of Disaster -- Standardizing Practices -- Frictions -- References -- Part III: Confronting "Natural" Disasters -- Chapter 6: Preparedness -- Preparedness -- Issuing a Warning -- Between High-Tech and Low-Tech: The Cost of Preparedness -- Simulating Disaster. - The Scenario: A Fantasy Document -- A Geography of Order -- Simulation and Emotions: Reliving the Disaster -- Simulation as Ritual, the Minor Mode and Criticism -- Preparedness: Performativity or Performance? -- References -- Chapter 7: Resilience -- Disaster as Trauma: Psychosocial Support and Individual Resilience -- Reframing the Religious Scenario Through Resilience -- Community Resilience: "Help Yourself, By Yourself" -- Funding Resilience: Microinsurance and Microcredit -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- References -- References -- Index
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| ISBN | 9783030415815
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