Article
Continuity and Change in the Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters
The Annals of Anthropological Practice
(2016)
Abstract
This article introduces the special issue of The Annals of Anthropological Practice on “Continuity and Change in the Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters.” After reviewing the factors that account for the heightened anthropological attention to disasters in the early 21st century, I review each of the contributions to the special issue. The topics included in the special issue represent some of the simultaneously perennial and currently pressing issues in the anthropology of risk, hazards, and disaster: vulnerability, resilience, culture change, culture in practice, risk reduction, disaster capitalism, and response and recovery. The objective of this special issue is to help provide an orientation to the theoretical and applied tools that will help anthropologists better prepare to assist in disaster contexts. It will assist those that may be encountering these issues for the first time, as well as those already working in disaster-affected communities.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2016
DOI
10.1111/napa.12083
Publisher Statement
This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article that appeared in Annals of Anthropological Practice, 40, 1, 2016. The Version of Record is available at the following link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/napa.12083
Citation Information
A. J. Faas. "Continuity and Change in the Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters" The Annals of Anthropological Practice Vol. 40 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 6 - 13 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aj_faas/15/