Christian Ward:
See: Jeffery, Susan: "Our usual landslide: Ubiquitous hazard and
socio-economic causes of natural disaster in Nusa Tengara Timur, Indonesia"
Natural Hazards Research Working Papers No 40; University of Colorado. 1981.
Reference in "Development in Disaster-prone Places: Studies of
Vulnerability" IT Publications, London. 1999.
(Lewis, James).
At 17:40 06/03/01 -0000, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>i am at the university of hull in england and will commence my year abroad
>in indonesia, during my year i must do a project, i have chosen natural
>disasters and how it has effected the local people. my idea has been
>approved by the uni but i must narrow it down to a more specific place or
>region. please help
>
>
>
>
>>From: [log in to unmask]
>>Reply-To: This is a multidisciplinary discussion group on natural hazards
>> and disaste <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: ANTHROPOLOGY AND EARTHQUAKES
>>Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:14:02 +0000
>>
>>Riki.
>>
>>You might be aware of the strong current of research on resilience on
>>childs and teenagers. Most of those works have been developed in urban
>>environments (specially schools with high percentage of african american
>>and chicano populations in the US) , and focus on children at social
>>risks. The studies are manly based on a psicgological perspective
>>instead of an antropological one, however, I am sure that much of that
>>research could provide interesting perspectives for your own work.
>>
>>A good point to start looking at these works would be
>>http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/.
>>
>>Good luck,
>>
>>Armando Scalise
>>
>>
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: riki marten
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 6:14 PM
>> > Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY AND EARTHQUAKES
>> > Thanks for this most interesting network.I'm a mature age
>> > anthropology graduate at Edith Cowan Uni in Perth WAust, and
>> > am just beginning my Honours year. The project area of my
>> > thesis will be to look at how children recreate and
>> > reconstruct a sense of community, place and self, following
>> > natural disasters, focusing on Turkey and the 1999 Turkish
>> > earthquakes. There is a shortfall in general on the
>> > anthropology of children, and on the anthropology of
>> > disasters, and consequently material on the anthropology of
>> > children and disasters resembles a black hole. I have just
>> > returned to Aust from a month in Turkey where I visited
>> > Izmit and Golcek in the company of some amazing volunteers.
>> > Many thousands of people are spending their second winter in
>> > tiny prefab houses, and some are still in tents. This is
>> > probably a statement from the Dept of the Bleeding Obvious
>> > but it appeared to me that the children themselves were the
>> > major force and impulsion for successful reconstruction of
>> > patterns of community and meaning. If anyone has any ideas
>> > on this project or would like to know more I'd love to hear
>> > from you. Cheers Riki Marten
>> >
>
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James Lewis
Architect RIBA
Visiting Fellow in Development Studies
University of Bath
Consultant in natural hazards and human settlements
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