Monday Apr 13, 2020
S2E15 - Prisoners
Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast
Reflecting on human society from diverse disciplinary and ideological perspectives to understand the root causes of disasters.
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Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Today we have Kristin Lange from UNICEF visiting with us to talk about people with disabilities!
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Further information:
Guidance on strengthening disability inclusion in Humanitarian Response Plans
Our guests:
Kirstin Lange
Music this week from "Yosemite" by Oliver Michael.
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
We are so pleased to have Marla Petal with us on the show today! She is the Principal Advisor for Urban Resilience and School Safety for Save the Children and is a prominent and fearless advocate for children and youth around the world. We discuss some of the particular inequalities and injustices faced by children, and why their voices are so important. Again, we discuss the power of narrative and framing as we approach discussion of a group so often identified as "vulnerable".
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Further information:
Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector
Words into Action guidelines: Engaging children and youth in disaster risk reduction and resilience building
Our guests:
Marla Petal (@mpetal)
Music this week from "Wansui" by Oliver Michael.
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
One of our most popular Season 1 episodes was "Empire" (S1E14) when Gonzalo Lizarralde joined us to talk about the creation of risk through colonization and imperialism, and which continues through globalized neoliberalism. The content was particularly relevant to our listeners in Latin America, so when Holmes (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Holmes_Paez) and Claudia (@cgonzalezmuzzio) approached us to record a special version of the episode in Spanish, we were delighted to say yes!
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Further information:
The Invisible Houses - Gonzalo's recent book and an ongoing education initiative about low-cost housing in developing countries.
Our guests:
Gonzalo Lizarralde (@invisibl_houses)
Music this week from "Nothing Left Behind" by Zac Nelson.
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Today we are talking to Sarah Brown, Alison Sneddon and Mirianna Budimir from Practical Action about their work on gender and disasters. Why is it problematic when women and girls are treated as generically vulnerable? How can a binary narrative of gender be dangerous and create further marginalization? These and other questions are explored through the lens of intersectionality and story-telling.
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Further information:
Practical Action – Resources on gender: https://policy.practicalaction.org/policy-themes/gender
Gender Transformative Early Warning Systems: https://infohub.practicalaction.org/handle/11283/621134
Missing Voices: Experiences of floods and early warning from marginalized women in Nepal and Peru: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Missing%20Voices.pdf
Genders, bodies, politics: https://genderate.wordpress.com/feminism-101/ (Open in Chrome)
Our guests:
Sarah Brown (Profile on Linkedin)
Alison Sneddon (@sneddon_alison)
Mirianna Budimir (@MBudimir)
Music this week from "Stronger" by Oliver Michael.
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
S2E11 – The story of people and heritage
Today we are talking to Zeynep Gül Ünal who discussed with us ICORP on the Road initiative - a showcase of inspiring stories by professionals and local communities about post disaster response and recovery of cultural heritage from around the world. Zeynep also told us about the challenges of making documentaries and representing many voices – and the adventures that she and her team have had on the road.
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Further information:
ICORP on the Road Website: https://twitter.com/icorpontheroad
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/icorpontheroad/?hl=en
Youtube (Episodes): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDlJZlDqaesg-uo-zhwmVUQ
Our guests:
Zeynep Gul Unal (@icorpontheroad)
Music this week from "Sonoma" by Glories.
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Another special episode for you this Friday.
As the COVID-19 spreads around the world, it pulls back the curtain on the ways in which society is failing. In this episode Samantha Montano and Wes Cheek join us to discuss the situation and how it relates to our everyday message - DISASTERS ARE NOT NATURAL!
We will be back on Monday with Season 2 Episode 11!
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Our guests:
Samantha Montano (@SamLMontano)
Wes Cheek (@wesinjapan)
Music this week from "Clarity" by Ian Post.
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Today we are privileged to spend time with Rohit Jigyasu talking about why the places that we live are so important. How do people connect to the land, to the built environment and to their cultural heritage? What about when we disagree and have contested claims/values/visions? We tie all of this into the idea that the stories and narratives of people and place are an essential part of how we understand disasters.
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Further information:
More information about Rohit at ICCROM page
Our guests:
Rohit Jigyasu (@JigyasuRohit)
Music this week from "Bravo Sierra" by Glories.
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
A special episode for you all to enjoy this weekend!
Thanks so much to Sarah Delisle and Claudia Santos for joining Ksenia and Jason to discuss the first book that the Disasters: Deconstructed book group took on - The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. About 20 people participated in this first book group, so please share your thoughts if you have read it! Next book choice to Jason (will it be non-fiction? We think that's likely).
We will be back on Monday with Season 2 Episode 10!
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Our guests:
Sarah Delisle (@EMxSarah)
Claudia Santos (@ClaudiaLSantos)
Music this week from "Hold Me Down" by Hold Me Down.
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
We are so pleased to bring you this conversation about representation with Dr Gemma Sou, who brings a development studies background and a postcolonial passion to disaster studies. We not only love her rich intellectual approach, but her ways of communicating - in this episode we talk about how to be true to the stories of people affected by disasters, and creative ways of storytelling.
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Further information:
Gemma's graphic novella After Maria
Professional page
Our guests:
Gemma Sou (@gemmasou)
Music this week from "As Walls Keep Shifting" by Glories.
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Today is the day - the AUDIENCE SPECIAL you have been waiting for is finally here! We asked you back in December a) What does resilience mean to you? b) Do you think resilience is a divisive concept or a unifying concept? and c) How can the concept of resilience help us to tell stories about disasters?
Thank you all for taking the time to respond! We have been working on this one for quite some time so can't wait to let you all have a listen. Please do let us know what you think by leaving a comment on Twitter or sharing with your friends.
Do you have any more questions prompted by the episode? We would love to do more audience inspired episodes in the future, so shoot us your ideas :)
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Further information:
Is resilience a useful concept? An online debate!
Contributors:
Gonzalo Lizarralde (@invisibl_houses
Lee Bosher (@leebosher)
Chris Zebrowski (@czebo)
Hanna Ruszczyk (@HRuszczyk)
Daniel Aldrich (@DanielPAldrich)
Femke Mulder (@femkemulder78)
Laura Gannon (@_lauragannon_)
Lesley Gray (@DRR_NZ)
Monika Al-Mufti (@MonikaAlMufti)
Sam Montano (@SamLMontano)
Lisa Bornstein
Music this week from "Light it Up" by John Isaac.
About Disasters: Deconstructed
Jason and Ksenia bring you regular content reflecting on human society from diverse disciplinary and ideological perspectives to understand why disasters really happen.
There is no other podcast centering the most marginalized in disasters-a “people’s” story; recurring themes are structural violence, inequality, injustice, resistance and organizing.