Perceptions of disaster temporalities in two Indigenous societies from the Southwest Pacific

Jackson, G. V. H.

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102221

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“…Refs. [34,38,42]. Meanwhile, our findings also spot multiple views on Mt Yasur and multiple interpretations of its eruptions and the power of rituals (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

“…Or do they start willing to listen to external actors to address the root causes of disasters (cf. [42]?…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), people often interpret natural hazards based on their religious beliefs [23,41,42]. For instance, severe flooding that occurred in Nadi (Fiji) in 2012 was viewed by indigenous Fijian Christians as an act of God to punish permissive sexual behaviours allowed by the tourist industry [23].…”

Section: Indigenous Disaster Risk Reduction and Response To Volcano E...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Sulphur Bay area has also been exposed to the external knowledge systems, including school, the government, and knowledge brought by village immigrants or available on the internet and media. Hence their ontological worldviews are "fluid, contested, and ever changing" [42]; 10) and so should be their spiritual connection to Mt Yasur. Nevertheless, we found two major views from our interviews: those who prioritize the belief in the spirit of their ancestors residing in Mt Yasur and confirm their spiritual connection to Mt Yasur over generations; and those who see such spiritual connection as a belief of the past.…”

Section: The Spiritual Connection To Mt Yasurmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2022

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“…Refs. [34,38,42]. Meanwhile, our findings also spot multiple views on Mt Yasur and multiple interpretations of its eruptions and the power of rituals (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

“…Or do they start willing to listen to external actors to address the root causes of disasters (cf. [42]?…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Indigenous Disaster Risk Reduction and Response To Volcano E...mentioning

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2022

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“…These contrasting experiences highlight the importance of examining longer‐term recovery processes following large‐scale disasters, in addition to the usual focus in the literature on the immediate aftermath (Jackson, 2021). Furthermore, some scholars have argued that studies have not adequately contextualised the social dimensions of recovery (Tierney and Oliver‐Smith, 2012).…”

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Disaster mobilities, temporalities, and recovery: experiences of the tsunami in the Maldives

2023

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Large‐scale disasters are frequently portrayed as temporally bounded, linear events after which survivors are encouraged to ‘move on’ as quickly as possible. In this paper, we explore how understandings of disaster mobilities and temporalities challenge such perspectives. Drawing on empirical research undertaken on Dhuvaafaru in the Maldives, a small island uninhabited until 2009 when it was populated by people displaced by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, we examine what such understandings mean in the context of sudden population displacement followed by prolonged resettlement. The study reveals the diversity of disaster mobilities, how these reflect varied and complex temporalities of past, present, and future, and how processes of disaster recovery are temporally extended, uncertain, and often linger. In addition, the paper shows how attending to these dynamics contributes to understandings of how post‐disaster settlement brings stability for some people while producing ongoing feelings of loss, longing, and unsettlement in others.

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A critical review of disproportionality in loss and damage from climate change

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Scown

Boyd

2022

WIREs Climate Change

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The notion of disproportionate impacts of climate change on certain groups and regions has long been a part of policy debates and scientific inquiry, and was instrumental to the emergence of the “Loss and Damage” (L&D) policy agenda in international negotiations on climate change. Yet, ‘disproportionality’ remains relatively undefined and implicit in science on loss and damage from climate change. A coherent theoretical basis of disproportionality is needed for advancing science and policy on loss and damage. It is necessary to ask: What is disproportionate, to whom, and in relation to what? We critically examine the uses of disproportionality in loss and damage scholarship by analyzing how disproportionality is treated in the literature conceptually, methodologically, and empirically. We review publications against a set of criteria derived from seminal work on disproportionality in other fields, mainly environmental justice and disaster studies that have analyzed environment–society interactions. We find disproportionality to be dynamic and multidimensional, spanning the themes of risks, impacts, and burdens. Our results show that while the concept is often used in loss and damage scholarship, its use relies on unarticulated notions of justice and often lacks conceptual, methodological and empirical grounding. Disproportionality also appears as a boundary concept, enabling critical and multiscalar explorations of historical processes that shape the uneven impacts of climate change, alongside social justice and normative claims for desired futures. This emerging area of science offers an opportunity to critically re‐evaluate the conceptualization of the relationship between climate‐change‐related impacts, development, and inequality. This article is categorized under: Climate, Nature, and Ethics > Climate Change and Global Justice Climate and Development > Social Justice and the Politics of Development

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Perceptions of disaster temporalities in two Indigenous societies from the Southwest Pacific

Cited by 11 publications

References 62 publications

Volcanic disaster risk reduction in indigenous communities on Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Volcanic disaster risk reduction in indigenous communities on Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Disaster mobilities, temporalities, and recovery: experiences of the tsunami in the Maldives

A critical review of disproportionality in loss and damage from climate change

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