The invention of disaster : power and knowledge in discourses on hazard and vulnerability / Noel Castree, JC Gaillard.
This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed for normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to unpack why scholars claim that disasters are social...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk, and climate change.
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| Online Access: | Taylor & Francis |
| Summary: | This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed for normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to unpack why scholars claim that disasters are social constructs while offering little but theories, concepts and methods supposed to be universal in understanding the unique and diverse experiences of millions of people across very different cultures. It further challenges forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment that have been rolled out as standard and ultimate solutions to reduce the risk of disaster. The book ultimately encourages the emergence of more diverse worldviews and ways of knowing for both studying disasters and informing policy and practice of disaster risk reduction. Such pluralism is essential to better reflect local realities of what disasters actually are around the world. This book is an essential read for scholars and postgraduate students interested in disaster studies as well as policy makers and practitioners of disaster risk reduction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1315752166 1317617312 1317617320 1317617339 9781315752167 9781317617310 9781317617327 9781317617334 |