Hazardous Future : : Disaster, Representation and the Assessment of Risk / / Isabel Capeloa Gil, Christoph Wulf.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Capeloa Gil, Isabel,; Wulf, Christoph,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Since culture, the media and the arts deal with the perception and the processing of catastrophe, what kind of social knowledge does this process produce and how does it contribute to the sustainable development of societies?The book seeks to understand how societies and cultures deal with disaster and the rhetorical means they resort to in order to represent it. It is situated on the cusp between the response to natural catastrophe, the renewed awareness of human vulnerability in the face of environmental hazard and irresponsible policies and the social role of traditional knowledge and humanistic ideas for the preservation of human communities. It aims to be diverse, in disciplinary allegiance and cultural situation, and relevant, by bringing together articles by well-known scholars and policy makers to jointly discuss the possibilities of reframing hazard for the future, so that one may learn from restored behavior instead of repeating the mistakes of the past.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction - Hazardous Future: Images and Perceptions of Disaster and the Assessment of Risk / Gil, Isabel Capeloa / Wulf, Christoph -- Part I: Disaster (and) Culture -- The Productivity of Catastrophes in Evolution and the Challenge of Manmade Catastrophes / Wulf, Christoph -- Catastrophe Culture / Medeiros, Paulo de -- Tragedy, the Neglected Origin of Catastrophe Theory / Resina, Joan Ramon -- (E)Spectating Disaster: A Cultural Condition / Gil, Isabel Capeloa -- Catastrophes, the Imaginary and Citizenship: The Production of the Other and the Singularity of Experience / Mendes, José Manuel -- The Importance of Social Capital Facing the Unexpected (from Natural Hazards to Social Disasters): A Style of Thought / Gonçalves, Carmen Diego -- Big Stories and Small Stories after a Traumatic Natural Disaster from a Psychotherapeutic Point of View / Kawai, Toshio -- In Search of the Lost oikos: Japan after the Earthquake of 11 March 2011 / Suzuki, Shoko -- Part II: A Casuistry of Disaster -- The Specter of Chernobyl: An Ontology of Risk / Alves, Elsa -- Living in a Landscape of Risk in Java/Indonesia / Zaumseil, Manfred / Prawitasari-Hadiyono, Johana E. -- Performance and the Deferral of the Catastrophe Narrative / Brandstetter, Gabriele -- The Subjectification of Disaster in Video Art: Incidence of Catastrophe by Gary Hill / Benthien, Claudia -- Identifying a Genre: Televized Tragedy / Torres, Eduardo Cintra -- Screens of Fire: Surviving the End of the World / Ilharco, Fernando -- Zombies and Citizens / Holm, Isak Winkel -- How Do We Measure Disaster? How Do We Ensure Security? / Vieira, Inês Espada -- Hurricane Katrina: Contesting Singularity in Treme / Gonçalves, Diana -- Flooded with Memories: Risk Cultures, the Big Flood of 1953 and the Visual Resonance of World War Two / Agostinho, Daniela -- Authors -- Index of Names