Interruptions: imagining an analytical otherwise for disaster studies in Latin America. Tironi, M., Campos-Knothe, K., Acuña, V., Isola, E., Bonelli, C., Gonzalez Galvez, M., Kelly, S., Juzam, L., Molina, F., Pereira Covarrubias, A., Rivas, R., Undurraga, B., & Valdivieso, S. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 31(3):243–259, January, 2021. Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
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Purpose Based on the research, the authors identify how four key concepts in disaster studies—agency, local scale, memory and vulnerability—are interrupted, and how these interruptions offer new perspectives for doing disaster research from and for the South. Design/methodology/approach Meta-analysis of case studies and revision of past and current collaborations of authors with communities across Chile. Findings The findings suggest that agency, local scale, memory and vulnerability, as fundamental concepts for disaster risk reduction (DRR) theory and practice, need to allow for ambivalences, ironies, granularization and further materializations. The authors identify these characteristics as the conditions that emerge when doing disaster research from within the disaster itself, perhaps the critical condition of what is usually known as the South. Originality/value The authors contribute to a reflexive assessment of fundamental concepts for critical disaster studies. The authors offer research-based and empirically rich redefinitions of these concepts. The authors also offer a novel understanding of the political and epistemological conditions of the “South” as both a geography and a project.
@article{tironi_interruptions_2021,
	title = {Interruptions: imagining an analytical otherwise for disaster studies in {Latin} {America}},
	volume = {31},
	issn = {0965-3562},
	shorttitle = {Interruptions},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0102},
	doi = {10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0102},
	abstract = {Purpose Based on the research, the authors identify how four key concepts in disaster studies—agency, local scale, memory and vulnerability—are interrupted, and how these interruptions offer new perspectives for doing disaster research from and for the South. Design/methodology/approach Meta-analysis of case studies and revision of past and current collaborations of authors with communities across Chile. Findings The findings suggest that agency, local scale, memory and vulnerability, as fundamental concepts for disaster risk reduction (DRR) theory and practice, need to allow for ambivalences, ironies, granularization and further materializations. The authors identify these characteristics as the conditions that emerge when doing disaster research from within the disaster itself, perhaps the critical condition of what is usually known as the South. Originality/value The authors contribute to a reflexive assessment of fundamental concepts for critical disaster studies. The authors offer research-based and empirically rich redefinitions of these concepts. The authors also offer a novel understanding of the political and epistemological conditions of the “South” as both a geography and a project.},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2023-01-11},
	journal = {Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal},
	author = {Tironi, Manuel and Campos-Knothe, Katherine and Acuña, Valentina and Isola, Enzo and Bonelli, Cristóbal and Gonzalez Galvez, Marcelo and Kelly, Sarah and Juzam, Leila and Molina, Francisco and Pereira Covarrubias, Andrés and Rivas, Ricardo and Undurraga, Beltrán and Valdivieso, Sofía},
	month = jan,
	year = {2021},
	note = {Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited},
	keywords = {Chile, Disaster studies, Latin America, Local politics, Postcolonial theory, Vulnerability},
	pages = {243--259},
}

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