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
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>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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