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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554253903321

Autore

Orlowski Benedikt M (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland)

Titolo

Rivalling Disaster Experiences : The Case of the Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro, Canary Islands / Benedikt M. Orlowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021

ISBN

3-8394-5512-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Sozial- und Kulturgeographie ; 44

Soggetti

Disasters; Culture; Media; Crisis; Risk; Disaster Mitigation; Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR); Nature; Human; Civil Society; Cultural Geography; Human Ecology; Environmental Policy; Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- 1. Preface: A Volcano Named ‘Cabrón’ -- 2. Introduction: The Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro -- 3. The Study Area: El Hierro, Canary Islands -- 4. A Scientist’s View on Volcanic Risks on El Hierro, Canary Islands -- 5. Culturally Borne Disasters -- 6. Geography of Risk Inspired by a Pragmatist Notion of Praxis -- 7. Research Design and Methodological Approach -- 8. Disaster Experiences in Rivalling Fields of Practice -- 9. Conclusion: Disaster Experiences Emerging from Rivalling Fields of Practice -- References -- Illustration Index -- Index of Tables -- Abbreviations -- List of Interviews

Sommario/riassunto

People experience disasters very differently. Conflicts about a »correct« interpretation of the risks might arise. The side-by-side of different truths lead to people seeing mismanagement and disinformation. The volcanic crisis of El Hierro shows how rivalling interpretations amongst affected islanders, the media, sciences, and disaster response institutions cause great social tensions and scepticism towards scientific information. Thus, to fully understand disaster risk, the focus must shift to the rifts between established convictions and the individuals' creativity to overcome them, taking into account their embeddedness in various fields of practice, each with their own rationales and ruptures.