Humble geopolitics: rethinking natural hazards in South Iceland
This thesis is concerned with the ways that communities in South Iceland are negatively affected by their geologically active environment. I argue that contemporary theorisations of hazards in human geography retain a militaristic preoccupation with catastrophe, antagonism and annihilation that acti...
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ftuloxford:oai:ora.ox.ac.uk:uuid:4b7179c2-6aa6-41e8-b629-8ebac6e4a9a3 2024-10-06T13:49:53+00:00 Humble geopolitics: rethinking natural hazards in South Iceland Nayeri, C Lorimer, J Greenhough, B Kama, K 2020-01-06 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4b7179c2-6aa6-41e8-b629-8ebac6e4a9a3 eng eng https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4b7179c2-6aa6-41e8-b629-8ebac6e4a9a3 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Geography Thesis 2020 ftuloxford 2024-09-06T07:47:33Z This thesis is concerned with the ways that communities in South Iceland are negatively affected by their geologically active environment. I argue that contemporary theorisations of hazards in human geography retain a militaristic preoccupation with catastrophe, antagonism and annihilation that actively impedes a fuller attention to the ways that communities live with hazards. In this thesis, I develop a new set of theoretical concepts which together map out the dimensions of what I term a ‘humble geopolitics’ of natural hazards. Humble geopolitics draws attention to the complex spatio-temporal, non- catastrophic dimensions of geo-tectonic hazards and brings into relief the partialities of official programmes of hazard management in Iceland. I show the value of this reformulated geopolitics by working this concept through three empirical case studies that explore the role of a museum, citizen science and local community groups in catalysing experiences of earthly volatility and configuring modes of public response to it. These case studies illuminate the different space-times in which hazards are experienced, the diverse practices through which public participation is expressed and the different logics that underpin everyday modes of hazard governance. In the conclusion, I argue that this work opens up important new avenues for the geographical study of natural hazards, human geography more broadly, and for disaster risk reduction policy. Thesis Iceland ORA - Oxford University Research Archive Fuller ENVELOPE(162.350,162.350,-77.867,-77.867) |
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This thesis is concerned with the ways that communities in South Iceland are negatively affected by their geologically active environment. I argue that contemporary theorisations of hazards in human geography retain a militaristic preoccupation with catastrophe, antagonism and annihilation that actively impedes a fuller attention to the ways that communities live with hazards. In this thesis, I develop a new set of theoretical concepts which together map out the dimensions of what I term a ‘humble geopolitics’ of natural hazards. Humble geopolitics draws attention to the complex spatio-temporal, non- catastrophic dimensions of geo-tectonic hazards and brings into relief the partialities of official programmes of hazard management in Iceland. I show the value of this reformulated geopolitics by working this concept through three empirical case studies that explore the role of a museum, citizen science and local community groups in catalysing experiences of earthly volatility and configuring modes of public response to it. These case studies illuminate the different space-times in which hazards are experienced, the diverse practices through which public participation is expressed and the different logics that underpin everyday modes of hazard governance. In the conclusion, I argue that this work opens up important new avenues for the geographical study of natural hazards, human geography more broadly, and for disaster risk reduction policy. |
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