Monday Jan 27, 2020
S2E4 - Political Action
2020-01
2020-01
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Today we will be discussing the experience of risk, and disaster impacts by LGBTQI communities, who are often rendered invisible by those in power. The wonderful Darien Alexander Williams (MIT) joins us for this important conversation!
In keeping with the theme of Season 2, we also talk about the role of narrative/stories in the marginalization of LGBTQI people, and how we can do better.
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Further information:
An essay of Darien's that we enjoyed a lot - The Folly of Climate Change Philanthropy
Some of the literature discussed in the episode:
Jacobs, F. (2019). Black feminism and radical planning: New directions for disaster planning research. Planning Theory, 18(1), 24-39.
Goh, K. (2018). Safe cities and queer spaces: the urban politics of radical LGBT activism. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(2), 463-477.
Smart, M. J., & Whittemore, A. H. (2017). There goes the gaybourhood? Dispersion and clustering in a gay and lesbian real estate market in Dallas TX, 1986–2012. Urban Studies, 54(3), 600-615.
Dominey-Howes, D., Gorman-Murray, A., & McKinnon, S. (2014). Queering disasters: On the need to account for LGBTI experiences in natural disaster contexts. Gender, Place & Culture, 21(7), 905-918.
Gorman-Murray, A., McKinnon, S., & Dominey-Howes, D. (2014). Queer domicide: LGBT displacement and home loss in natural disaster impact, response, and recovery. Home Cultures, 11(2), 237-261.
Hager, L. T. (2015). United in Anger: A History of ACT UP. The Oral History Review, 42(1), 134-138.
Our guests:
Darien Alexander Williams (@nigreaux)
Music this week from "Spring Rain Blues" by Kaleido Sea.
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
This week we are so pleased to have independent investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein - author of Disaster Capitalism - on the show to discuss his work documenting the struggles of oppressed people against injustice, all around the world.
We wanted to know more about his approach to storytelling and the kind of feelings he tries to evoke for his readers - particularly to create solidarity with people they don't know, who often have very different lives to their own.
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Further information:
Antony's website is a great place to start exploring his work - https://antonyloewenstein.com/
You should also sign up for his newsletter!
Our guests:
Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein)
Music this week from "Power" by Extreme.
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Welcome back for Season 2 of Disaster: Deconstructed! For the next 20 weeks we will be exploring stories of disaster - what stories do we tell and how? Which voices are privileged or silenced? How are different mediums used to convey messages about disaster? What narratives are central to our discourse? How do people outside of academia discuss disasters?
Joining us today to introduce and frame the season we are so pleased to have Lori Peek on the show! We hope you enjoy the conversation, and the vision for S2.
As always, please let us know what you think and engage with the show. We have different special episodes in production or planned, where you can actively participate!
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Further information:
Lori's books Behind the Backlash and Children of Katrina
Her excellent recent piece highlighting how the most marginalized are forced to "bear" vulnerability
Lori and JC Gaillard writing for Nature about the need for a Disaster Research Code of Conduct
Our guests:
Lori Peek - https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/lori-peek
Music this week from "Falling Forward" by Kevin Graham.