Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast

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Our guests:
Chris Gomez
 
Music this week from "Kaitlyn" by Vic Davy. 

This week we revisit a question that comes up time and again, what is a disaster? Joining us is the wonderful Dr. Susanna Hoffman, an anthropologist who for decades has been at the forefront of social science investigating the “why” and “how” disasters occur. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion about framing, meaning, politics and language of disaster! 
 
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Susanna's website where you can find the books that we discussed in the episode! 
 
Our guests:
Susanna Hoffman
 
Music this week from "Where That Ends and This Begins" by Vic Davy. 

Welcome back for Season 5!!!  We are so glad to see you again - or for the first time - as we explore why disasters really happen. 
Today we give some context to the new season, and then sit down with the amazing storyteller/engineer/professor David Prevatt to discuss disaster risk and colonized peoples, and how professionals can ethically be a part of community-centered social change. 
 
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Music this week from "Once More" by Vic Davi. 

Today we bring you the second part of the two-part series sharing local stories from young people about living through COVID-19! Today's episode sees participants reflect on the learnings we can take forward and their hopes for how society can change. 
Thank you to the UN Major Group for Children and Youth and all the partners and supporters of the ‘Asia Pacific Researchers, Practitioners, Policy-Makers in Dialogue with Children and Youth Project.’ 
 
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Music this week from "Metamorphosis" by Ian Post. 

Over the past few months, Disasters: Deconstructed has partnered with the UN Major Group for Children and Youth as part of the ‘Asia Pacific Researchers, Practitioners, Policy-Makers in Dialogue with Children and Youth Project.’ This is part one of a two-part series sharing local stories from young people about living through COVID-19. Thank you to everyone involved in this important research project, especially all of those who were interviewed!
 
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Music this week from "Flight of The Inner Bird" by Sivan Talmor. 

Thank you for joining us for Season 4! We appreciate you all spending time listening, and all of our amazing guests. In this episode Jason, Ksenia and Darien look back at some of our favorite bits from each episode, and look forward to what's next. 
 
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Music this week from "Mend and Repeat" by Vic Davi. 
 

Thank you to Professor Cheryl Potgieter for joining us for the penultimate episode of Season 4 to talk about gender and sexuality! Cheryl is a Research Professor at Durban University of Technology, and Head of Genderjustice,Health and Human Development. She was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In this episode we discuss the importance of politically active scholarship and why we need to center the voices of Black women. What are doing wrong when we discuss sexuality in scientific discourses? How can disaster studies bring sexuality into the frame in a transformative way? 
 
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Social cohesion, sexuality, homophobia and women’s sport in South Africa
 
 
Our guests:
Cheryl Potgieter (Researchgate profile)
 
Music this week from "Hero for Hire" by Michael Shynes. 

This week we are delighted to discuss the importance of cultivating a community-centered ethos in our research and practice with Jake Rom D. Cadag. Jake is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography of the University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines and works across academia and NGO sectors in DRR and climate change adaptation. We talk about power dynamics in communities, and the importance of local knowledge and capacities. 
 
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Our guests:
Jake Cadag
 
Music this week from "Are You Alive" by Michael Shynes. 

Thanks so much to Barbara Carby for joining us this week! Barbara is Director of Disaster Risk Reduction Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and the former Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management in Jamaica. We discuss DRR mainstreaming in the Caribbean and how states support each other and leverage their capacities in solidarity, as well as misconceptions about the region and labelling people as "resilient" or "vulnerable". 
 
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Our guests:
Barbara Carby
 
Music this week from "Before I Can Fall Asleep" by Michael Shynes. 

This week we welcome Belen Desmaison, a lecturer and researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). She is coordinator of the action-research project CASA (Ciudades Auto-Sostenibles Amazónicas) and researches resettlement processes, sustainable and resilient urban and architectural design, and the generation of socially and environmentally just habitats. So excited to share this conversation about feminist urbanism, environmental and spatial justice and development in the Amazon. 
 
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Our guests:
Belen Desmaison
 
Music this week from "Sundown" by Michael Shynes.