Hazardous Future : : Disaster, Representation and the Assessment of Risk /

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

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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...

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Capeloa Gil, Isabel,
Wulf, Christoph,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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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

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