RE INVENTING DISASTER STUDIES: FOUR CHALLENGES FOR A MORE MEANINGFUL FUTURE

Date: 03 Mar 2022 to: 03 Feb 2022
RE-INVENTING DISASTER STUDIES: FOUR CHALLENGES FOR A MORE MEANINGFUL FUTURE
 
This PERIPERI U TALKS session will start from the observation that we often 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. This is an epistemological non sense that disaster studies needs to address to make research more meaningful in the future. Such agenda will require to address four fundamental questions: