Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast
Society & Culture
Today we are joined by our friend and sometimes co-host JC Gaillard to discuss his recently published book, The Invention of Disaster!In it he argues that there isn’t such a thing as a disaster because our current understanding of disasters is a subjective interpretation of suffering, harm and damage that allows those in power to draw a line between what is acceptable and what is not. We discuss what he calls ‘epistemological nonsense’ and it gets very philosophical as we get into critical-Left theory - Foucault to Latour, to Derrida, to Spivak, Said and Gramsci!! Join us :)
Further information:
The Invention of Disaster
Our guests:
JC Gaillard (@jcgaillard_uoa)
Season 7 note:
As you may have noticed, we are recording this season as a series of livestreams. You can see the recordings on our Youtube channel. Also, please join us in reading:
1. Malcom Ferdinand (2019) “Decolonial Ecology. Thinking from the Caribbean world”
2. Max Liboiron (2021) “Pollution is colonialism”
3. Paolo Freire (2015) “Pedagogy of Indignation”
4. Silvia Federici (2021) “Patriarchy of the wage”
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S2E4 - Political Action
S2E3 - LGBTQI Experiences of Risk
S2E2 - Narratives to Inspire Solidarity
S2E1 - The Power of Stories
Christmas Special 2019
S1E20 - Season Wrap
S1E19 - Status Quo
S1E18 - Manifesto
S1E17 - Recovery
S1E16 - The "Natural Disaster" Expression Part 2
S1E15 - The "Natural Disaster" Expression Part 1
S1E14 - Empire
S1E13 - Climate Change
S1E12 - Disaster Myths
S1E11 - Root Causes Part 2
S1E10 - Root Causes Part 1
S1E9 - "Radical" Disaster Studies?
S1E8 - Capacities Part 2
S1E7 - Capacities Part 1
S1E6 - "Disaster Ingredients" Series Part 3 : Exposure
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