Nandong smong and tsunami lullabies: Song and music as an effective communication tool in disaster risk reduction

Sutton, Stephen; Paton, Douglas; Buergelt, Petra; Sagala, Saut; Meilianda, Ella

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102527

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“…These findings are consistent with recent studies based on an interdisciplinary historical-anthropological approach (e.g., Garnier and Lahournat, 2022). Indeed, these studies highlight the role of memory transmission of past disasters and more generally cultural memory as an effective tool for disaster risk reduction (DRR; Brokensha et al, 1980;Fernando, 2003;Gregg et al, 2006;Cohen, 2011;Sutton et al, 2021).…”

Section: Tsunami Risk Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tsunami risk perception in central and southern Italy

Cugliari

Crescimbene

Longa

et al. 2022

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The Tsunami Alert Centre of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (CAT-INGV) has been promoting, since 2018, the study of tsunami risk perception in Italy. Between 2018 and 2021 a semi-structured questionnaire on the perception of tsunami risk was administered to a sample of 5842 citizens residing in 450 Italian coastal municipalities, representative of more than 12 million people. The survey was conducted with the computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) methodology, described in Cerase et al. (2019), who published the results of the first pilot survey (about 1000 interviews). The large sample and the socio-demographic stratification give an excellent representation of the resident population in the surveyed Italian coastal municipalities. Moreover, in 2021 an optimized version of the questionnaire was also administered via Telepanel (a tool for collecting proportional and representative opinions of citizens) that was representative of the Italian population and included 1500 people distributed throughout the country. In this work we present the main results of the three survey phases, with a comparison among the eight surveyed regions and between the coastal regions and some coastal metropolitan cities involved in the investigations (Rome, Naples, Bari, Reggio Calabria, and Catania). Data analysis reveals heterogeneous and generally low tsunami risk perception. Some seaside populations, in fact, show a good perception of tsunami risk, while others, such as in Apulia and Molise, reveal a lower perception, most likely due to the long time elapsed since the last event and lack of memory. We do not find relevant differences related to the socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender) of the sample, whereas the education degree appears to affect people's perception. The survey shows that the respondents' predominant source of information on tsunamis is the television and other media sources (such as newspapers, books, films, internet), while the official sources (e.g., civil protection, local authorities, universities and research institutes) do not contribute significantly. Also, we find an interesting difference in people's understanding of the words tsunami and maremoto, the local term commonly used in Italy until the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman event, which should be taken into account in scientific and risk communication. The Telepanel survey, based on a nationwide sample, highlights a lower level of tsunami risk perception in comparison to average risk perception levels found in the coastal-municipality sample. Our results are being used to drive our communication strategy aimed at reducing tsunami risk in Italy, to activate dissemination and educational programs (data driven), to fill the data gap on tsunami risk perception in the North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and connected seas (NEAM) area, and to implement multilevel civil protection actions (national and local, top-down and bottom-up). Not least, outputs can address a better development of the UNESCO Tsunami Ready program in Italy.

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Section: Tsunami Risk Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tsunami risk perception in central and southern Italy

Cugliari

Crescimbene

Longa

et al. 2022

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Such knowledge, which differs from scientific knowledge (Flavier et al, 1995), is associated with the historical memory of past experiences learned and transmitted through rituals, traditions, narratives and folk songs (e.g. Smong Song in Simeulue Island) (McAdoo et al, 2006;Rahman et al, 2017;Rahman et al, 2018;Sutton et al, 2021) and defined in a different way as: "local knowledge", "traditional knowledge", "indigenous technical knowledge", "peasants knowledge", "traditional environmental knowledge" and "folk knowledge" (Sillitoe, 1998;Mercer et al, 2007;Mercer et al, 2012). Memories of previous disasters both inform people's knowledge of their environment and vulnerability and also influence their risk interpretation and response to future disasters (Arunotai, 2008).…”

Section: Discussion and Conclusive Remarksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These findings are consistent with recent studies based on an interdisciplinary historical-anthropological approach (e.g., Garnier and Lahournat, 2022). Indeed, these studies highlight the role of memory transmission of past disasters, more generally cultural memory, as an effective tool for DRR (Brokensha et al, 1980;Fernando, 2003;Gregg et al, 2006;Cohen, 2011;Sutton et al, 2021).…”

Section: Tsunami Risk Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tsunami risk perception in Central and Southern Italy

Cugliari

Crescimbene

Longa

et al. 2022

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Abstract. The Tsunami Warning Center of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (CAT-INGV) has been promoting, since 2018, the study of tsunami risk perception in Italy. Between 2018 and 2021 the semi-structured questionnaire on the perception of tsunami risk was administered to a sample of 5,842 citizens residing in 450 Italian coastal municipalities, representative of more than 12 million people. The survey was conducted with the Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) methodology, described in Cerase et al. (2019) who published the results of the first pilot survey (about 1,000 interviews). The large sample and the socio-demographic stratification give an excellent representation of the resident population in the surveyed Italian coastal municipalities. Moreover, in 2021 an optimized version of the questionnaire was also administered via Telepanel (a tool for collecting proportional and representative opinions of citizens) representative of the Italian population, which included 1,500 people distributed throughout the country. In this work we present the main results of the three survey phases, with a comparison among the eight surveyed regions, and between the coastal regions and some coastal metropolitan cities involved in the investigations (Rome, Naples, Bari, Reggio Calabria and Catania). Data analysis reveals heterogeneous and generally low tsunami risk perception. Some seaside, in fact, show a good perception of tsunami risk while others, such as in Apulia and Molise, reveal a lower perception, most likely due to the long time elapsed since the last event and the lack of memory. We do not find relevant differences related to the socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender) of the sample, whereas the education degree appears to affect people’s perception. The survey shows that the respondents’ predominant source of information on tsunamis is the television and other media sources (such us newspapers, books, films, internet etc.) while the official sources (e.g. civil protection, local authorities, universities and research institutes) do not contribute significantly. Also, we found an interesting difference in people’s understanding of the words tsunami and maremoto, the local term commonly used in Italy until the 2004 Sumatra event, which should be taken into account in scientific and risk communication. The nationwide sample shows lower tsunami risk perception compared to the average of the coastal sample, confirming the need for thorough information campaigns directed to tourists. Our results are being used to drive our communication strategy aimed at reducing tsunami risk in Italy, to activate dissemination and educational programs (data driven), to fill the data gap on tsunami risk perception in the NEAMTWS area, and to implement multilevel Civil Protection actions (national and local, top-down and bottom-up). Not least, outputs can address a better development of the Tsunami Ready program in Italy.

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“…There needs to be prepared to reduce the impact of disaster risk (Sutton et al, 2021;Parida et al, 2021). To prevent and prepare for disaster, the Medan City BPBD carries out a series of activities to prepare the community for disasters that will occur and reduce the impact of disaster risk.…”

Section: Pre-disaster Communication System Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

The disaster communication system in the city of Medan

Syafrizaldi

Kholil

Samosir

et al. 2022

Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies

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This study aims to analyse the communication system carried out in disaster management in Medan City, analyse the communication system carried out by the Medan City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) in tackling disasters in Medan City according to Islamic communication principles, analyse the BPBD communication system model in tackling disasters in Medan City, and analyse the communication barriers faced by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) in tackling disasters in the city of Medan. This study uses several theories, namely communication formulas according to Harold Lasswell, dependency theory (dependency theory) and innovation diffusion theory, to describe the basic concepts and discuss research findings. This research is a research with a qualitative approach and uses a descriptive method after doing data collection by using interviews and documentation. The data analysis results show that the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Medan City applies a communication system according to the communication formula according to Harold D Lasswell.

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Nandong smong and tsunami lullabies: Song and music as an effective communication tool in disaster risk reduction

Cited by 17 publications

References 74 publications

Tsunami risk perception in central and southern Italy

Tsunami risk perception in central and southern Italy

Tsunami risk perception in Central and Southern Italy

The disaster communication system in the city of Medan

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