Examining relational social ontologies of disaster resilience: lived experiences from India, Indonesia, Nepal, Chile and Andean territories.
Author:
Meriläinen, E., Joseph, J., Jauhola, M., Yadav, P., Romo-Murphy, E., Marin, J., & Gadhavi, S.
Date:
2021
Language:
English
Region:
Asia
Country:
[unspecified]
Full Harvard Reference:
Meriläinen, E., Joseph, J., Jauhola, M., Yadav, P., Romo-Murphy, E., Marin, J., & Gadhavi, S. (2021). Examining relational social ontologies of disaster resilience: lived experiences from India, Indonesia, Nepal, Chile and Andean territories. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. pp. 1-15.
In this article, the authors question the relevance of the concept of resilience for disaster policies and interventions. The main critique of the term is that it is Western-imposed. There is no direct translation in Nepali and the translation that is used is transformed into a violent metaphor. The authors suggest that resilience ought to be reclaimed through situated accounts of the connected and relational everyday of the Global South.