Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast

Welcome to part 2 of "Disaster Ingredients"! Today we are discussing vulnerability with Dr Joanne Jordan from the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester in the UK. 
We talk about her efforts as an environmental social scientist working at the interface of climate change, poverty and complex notions of risk, mostly in Bangladesh. The vulnerability concept entails much more than a word synonymous with weakness - check out this episode to find out more! 
Next week we will be back with Dr Lee Bosher to investigate exposure! 
 
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Further information:
UNDRR on vulnerability https://www.preventionweb.net/risk/vulnerability 
 
 
Our guest this week:
Dr Joanne Jordan - check out her website http://www.joannejordan.org/
'The lived experience of climate change' project - https://bit.ly/GDIpotgan - All of the project documentary films, teaching resources, blogs, project impact report etc can be accessed there.
A paper mentioned in the episode 'Deconstructing resilience: why gender and power matter in responding to climate stress in Bangladesh' - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17565529.2018.1442790 
Finally follow her on Twitter @JoanneCJordan 
 
Music this week from "Still Holding On" by Tristan Barton.

Today we kick off a 3 part series that we call "Disaster Ingredients". Over the next few weeks we will explore the "risk triangle" of hazards x vulnerability x exposure. 
Helping us to explore natural hazards is Historical and Social Volcanologist Jazmin Scarlett, from the University of Hull in the UK. She recounts stories of societies living with hazards from her PhD field work, and we talk about the importance of risk communication and a deep understanding of social and political context.
Next week we will be back to talk about vulnerability with Dr Joanne Jordan - don't miss it! 
 
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Further information:
To dive into the topic of disaster risk, check out the just published Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction https://gar.unisdr.org/report-2019 
As mentioned in the episode, Ksenia and Jason (with Lee Bosher) wrote an article for GAR 2019, "Language matters: Dangers of the “natural disaster” misnomer" You can download it here https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/65974
 
Our guests this week:
Jazmin Scarlett - check out her blog phdvolcanology.wordpress.com and hot off the press paper "The Dark Geocultural Heritage of Volcanoes: Combining Cultural
and Geoheritage Perspectives for Mutual Benefit". Finally follow her on Twitter @scarlett_jazmin
 
 
Music this week from "Minor Changes" by Maya Isac.

From June 5-8 2019 we (Jason and Ksenia) co-chaired an international conference, and took the chance to record Disasters: Deconstructed LIVE in a plenary session! 
In this Episode we talk to some young disaster scientists about how they got into this field, and about the challenges they face. 
 
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Further information:
i-Rec 2019 - https://www.irec2019.org/
 
Our guests this week:
Dr Sandeeka Mannakkara - https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/s-mannakkara 
Dr Aaron Opdyke (@aaronopdyke) - https://sydney.edu.au/engineering/people/aaron.opdyke.php
Thomas Johnson - https://theconversation.com/profiles/thomas-johnson-406159 
Dr Diana Contreras (@DianaContrerasM) - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/staff/profile/dianacontreras-mojica.html

This week we hear from some of our listeners, who are responding to the question "are disasters ever natural?" 
Not everyone agreed about the answer. Tune in to find out more, as Ksenia and Jason discuss the clips received and further set the context for Season 1. 
 
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Further reading:
Our article with Lee Bosher and JC Gaillard from 2017 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/why-natural-disasters-arent-all-that-natural/ 
 

In this episode, hosts Ksenia Chmutina and Jason von Meding introduce the idea behind the podcast and set the scene for Season 1. 
You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @DisastersDecon