Essays about: "anthropology of disasters"

Found 2 essays containing the words anthropology of disasters.

  1. 1. Vad kan man göra - The redistribution of a disaster

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Franz Spengler; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID; disaster; emotional labor; vulnerability; anthropology; food service; Sweden;

    Abstract : Doing ethnographic work on the effects of COVID 19, I looked at how food service businesses were affected. I found that the government’s selective distribution of aid and lacking guidance had forced them to prioritize accommodating customers over their own safety. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Not god’s work” : an analysis of local narratives of the 2010-2011 flooding in Santa Lucia municipality (Colombia)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mateo Echeverry Angel; [2016]
    Keywords : natural disasters; narrative; anthropology of disasters; flooding; Colombia;

    Abstract : The dam collapse in Santa Lucia (Atlántico) during the intense rains of 2010-2011 in Colombia resulted in one of the worst floods on national record. Six municipalities were completely covered by water from the Canal del Dique, an artificial branch of the Magdalena River. READ MORE