Today we are so pleased to share our conversation with Dr. Maíra Irigaray, who is a human rights and environmental lawyer currently working at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as the Latin America Policy and Research Analyst. She shares about her anti-oppressive approach to research and how it is central to her advocacy for indigenous people’s rights in the Amazon. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you ge...
Apr 04, 2022•36 min•Ep. 98
We are delighted to bring you this season’s audience participation episode! Today we invited both established disaster scholars and early career researchers to answer two separate questions: - From the established scholars, we wanted to know - What is important to you as you engage with Early Career Researchers? - And we asked ECRs: What inspires you and what needs challenging? Tune in to hear the responses that we received and let us know what you think on Twitter! Follow us on Twitter, Instagr...
Mar 22, 2022•47 min•Ep. 97
We are so pleased this week on Disasters: Deconstructed to spend time with Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel, Husna Wulansari and Chrysant Lily Kusumowardoyo! We feature a bit more of practitioner perspective in this episode, as we discuss the practicalities of working with so-called vulnerable groups. Each of our guests today also contributed to the (double) Special Issue of Disaster Prevention & Management Journal, “Emerging voices and pathways to inclusive disaster studies.” Check out their work ...
Mar 07, 2022•31 min•Ep. 96
This week on Disasters: Deconstructed we talk to Sarah Kelly and Noémie Bautista Gonzalez about creative methodologies in disaster research! We covered a lot of ground on how and why to challenge normative research approaches, reflexive practices and researcher positionality. We think that they will challenge you to think more creatively about what you do! Like many of our guests in Season 6, they each contributed to the (double) Special Issue of Disaster Prevention & Management Journal, “Em...
Feb 21, 2022•39 min•Ep. 95
Welcome back to Disasters: Deconstructed! As we continue Season 6 today we are joined by Vanicka Arora and Nimesh Dhungana to discuss insiders and outsiders in disaster research and practice. It's something that has been central to narratives informing the Disaster Studies Manifesto and the Disaster Studies Accord . In each of their papers for the (double) Special Issue of Disaster Prevention & Management Journal, “Emerging voices and pathways to inclusive disaster studies”, Vanicka and Nime...
Feb 08, 2022•30 min•Ep. 94
Today we are pleased to share a conversation with Sneha Krishnan, Susie Goodall, and Anuszka Mosurska, which invited us to reflect on our own positionality and its impact on what we do and how we do it in the context of research! In each of their papers for the (double) Special Issue of Disaster Prevention & Management Journal, “Emerging voices and pathways to inclusive disaster studies”, their voices, experiences and influence (+ those of co-authors) were prominent and were part of the dial...
Jan 24, 2022•39 min•Ep. 93
We are so happy to wish you all a Happy New Year and welcome you back for Season 6 of Disasters:Deconstructed!!! We are again very excited to spend time with you again - or for the first time - as we explore why disasters really happen. Our new season is focused on a cadre of emerging researchers that are challenging the sacred cows of (disaster) research. The season came about through our engagement with Disaster Prevention & Management Journal and the forthcoming Special Issue on “Emerging...
Jan 10, 2022•41 min•Ep. 92
Thank you all so much for joining us again or for the first time this year - We hope you enjoyed seasons 4 and 5 and learning from all the incredible guests that shared their time and ideas with us! Today we are very excited to bring you the 2021 Christmas Special! Don't expect anything too serious, because we are mostly messing about ;) We appreciate you all for listening and supporting our work this year. See you in 2022! Jason & Ksenia Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @Disaste...
Dec 27, 2021•42 min•Ep. 91
We are really excited to release this special episode we recorded with the incredible conceptual artist Paula Morison! It touches on a lot of themes common to Disasters: Deconstructed, in the way that narratives are represented and discussed but we found it amazing to just listen to the thought process behind some of Paula's work. What might be possible if disaster science was more collaborative with the arts? Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on...
Nov 19, 2021•39 min•Ep. 90
We are so glad that you have joined us for Season 5 - it's been a blast and a pleasure to share all of the content! Thank you to everyone who listens and engages, joins our livestreams, and of course the amazing guests who bring fresh ideas to challenge and inspire us. In the Season Finale we recap on our favorite moments from the season and chat about what is coming up next year! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever yo...
Oct 25, 2021•37 min•Ep. 89
This week we are joined by the creator of the epic Twitter account @PlaguePoems, Zachary Loeb, to discuss his research on the Y2K scare and more broadly technological reliance, narratives of destruction and technocratic fixes that obscure social and political root causes of disaster. Hope you all enjoy it! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Further information: Plague Poems Our guests: Zachary L...
Oct 12, 2021•52 min•Ep. 88
This week we discuss communication for social change with two scholars who engage deeply with the work of Paulo Freire, and consider the potential for disaster studies to reflect on the legacy of Freire, and public scholarship and education more broadly. Thanks to Dr Ana Cristina Suzina and Prof Thomas Tufte for sharing such incredible insights! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Further informa...
Sep 27, 2021•43 min•Ep. 87
Today it's our great pleasure to release our latest AUDIENCE SPECIAL! We asked our audience, Is there anything wrong with framing disaster as “events”? Why/why not? Thank you all so much for thinking about this question, and we are glad that many of you got back to us! Ksenia & Jason frame today's conversation around the responses received and we hope that this episode can be a conversation starter on another contested concept in disaster studies. Indeed, what is a disaster?!! Follow us on T...
Sep 13, 2021•37 min•Ep. 86
This week Ksenia and guest co-host JC Gaillard are joined by Mx Roxanne Omega-Doron (Bisdak Pride in the Philippines), Bunda Mayora (Fajar Sikka in Indonesia), Neen Sapalo (University of the Philippines Diliman), and Adryan Sasongko (Resilience Development Initiative in Indonesia) to discuss the experiences of LGBTQI minorities and non-Western gender identities. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts...
Aug 30, 2021•38 min•Ep. 85
This week we are excited to share a conversation with returning guests Danielle Rivera and Emmanuel Raju about what recovery should look like, and what is regularly missing when we "Build Back Better". Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Further information: Design in Planning: Reintegration through Shifting Values Our guests: Danielle Rivera (@danielle_zoe) Emmanuel Raju (@EmmanuelRaju7) Music t...
Aug 16, 2021•42 min•Ep. 84
This week... Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Further information: links here.... Our guests: Chris Gomez Music this week from "Kaitlyn" by Vic Davy.
Aug 02, 2021•38 min•Ep. 83
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! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Furthe...
Jul 19, 2021•43 min•Ep. 82
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. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever...
Jul 05, 2021•56 min•Ep. 81
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.’ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @Di...
Jun 07, 2021•35 min•Ep. 80
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! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @Dis...
May 24, 2021•30 min•Ep. 79
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. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Music this week from "Mend and Repeat" by Vic Davi....
May 10, 2021•48 min•Ep. 78
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 se...
May 03, 2021•39 min•Ep. 77
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. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDec...
Apr 19, 2021•35 min•Ep. 76
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". Follow us...
Apr 13, 2021•34 min•Ep. 75
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 Ama...
Apr 05, 2021•36 min•Ep. 74
Join us this week for a discussion with DRR expert and #NoNaturalDisasters advocate Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Professor of Natural Hazards and Risk at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. We discuss how risk is created within society and how state responses so often focus on reacting to hazards rather than addressing root causes. What does this mean for Latin America and the Caribbean? How do efforts by organizations like La Red support efforts towards a real understanding of risk? Follo...
Mar 29, 2021•36 min•Ep. 73
This week Jason & Ksenia kick off the second half of the season (which will focus on the Global South) with a conversation about coloniality and disasters with Dr Danielle Rivera, Assistant Professor of Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Just Environments Lab. Join us as we focus on the problems with "event-centric" narratives of disaster that do not reflect the fact that disaster impacts are shaped by structural violence. Follow us on Twitter, Ins...
Mar 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 72
Today we bring you a long-promised AUDIENCE SPECIAL on vulnerability! We asked you a while back, a) What does vulnerability mean to you? and b) Is vulnerability a useful concept? Does it allow us to frame places and people we wish to prioritise? Thank you all so much for thinking about these questions, and we are glad that many of you got back to us! Ksenia, Jason & Darien framed today's conversation around the responses received and we hope that this episode can be a conversation starter on...
Mar 08, 2021•53 min•Ep. 71
Today Darien wraps up his curated section of Season 4 and sits down with Benjamin Ruiz Rosado, Senior Training Manager in the Division of Violence Prevention at the Boston Public Health Commission. Benjamin is a public health social worker, an advocate for immigrants, a youth educator, and a firm believer in intersectional racial justice. Don't miss this incredibly rich conversation. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever...
Mar 02, 2021•58 min•Ep. 70
Today Darien and Ksenia are joined by Dr. Marccus Hendricks, an Environmental Planning professor at the University of Maryland and Director of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience & Justice (SIRJ) Lab. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Further information: Transforming Public Safety and Urban Infrastructure to Mitigate Climate and Public Health Disasters SIRJ Lab Our guests: Marccus D. ...
Feb 22, 2021•38 min•Ep. 69
