6-0250 CULTURE: THE CRITICAL FACTOR IN DISASTER RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Sunday, November 20, 2011: 10:15-12:00

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students

Organizers: Anthony R Oliver Smith ()

Chairs: Susanna M Hoffman (Independent Researcher)

Discussants: Mark A Schuller (York College (CUNY))

10:15

The Role of Individual Well-Being In Risk Perception In Hazard, Disaster and Relocation Settings

Eric C Jones (UNC Greensboro), Graham Tobin (University of South Florida), Arthur D Murphy (University of North Carolina Greensboro) and Linda M Whiteford (University of South Florida)

10:30

Culture and Cause and Victor: A Sixty Year Chronicle of a Disaster In a Greek Village

Susanna M Hoffman (Independent Researcher)

10:45

Framing Disaster: Time As a Cultural and Ecological Constraint In Planning Environmental Migration

Elizabeth K Marino (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) and Heather Lazrus (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

11:00

The Role of Cultural Resources In Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Anthony R Oliver Smith (University of Florida)

11:15

Disaster Science

Gregory V Button (University of Tennessee)

11:30

Discussant

Mark A Schuller (York College (CUNY))

11:45

Discussion

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