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C-URGE

C-URGE is a Doctoral Network centered in the Department of Anthropology at KU Leuven, Belgium, training doctoral candidates to research different perceptions on environmental and climatological urg

Conflictual Collaboration: Citizen Science and the Governance of Radioactive Contamination after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

In the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, citizen scientists collectively tracked and monitored residual radioactivity in Japan, legitimizing alternative views to an official assessm

Radioactive Performances: Teaching about Radiation after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and its release of radioac- tive contamination, the Japanese state put into motion risk communica- tion strategies to explain the danger of radiation e

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Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)

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What other organizations does this organization interact and collaborate with? What organizations does this organization criticize or distance itself from? How is collaboration conceptualized and talked about?

They generally work in the lowest socio-economic groups, which tend to be the most in need for medicial aid.

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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What parts of the film were you not compelled or convinced by? Why?

Not much, to be honest. I was disappointed they didn't mention fire fighters much in it though.

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

This chapter was produce by following the issue of illness of undocumented citizens over the course of several decades, and examining the relationship between how they are treated and social and economic changes. It is linked into changes in policy, memorandums and individual opinions.

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Sandy/Katrina Storyline

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How is data visualized?

The stories had video with both the storytellers and pictures from them. It also includes videos of the storm and it's effects upon the communities.

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Chronic Disaster Syndrome: Displacement, Disaster Capitalism, and the Eviction of the Poor from New Orleans

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What three points, details or references from the text did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the complexities of emergency response?

Mental health and how a community can handle the aftermath with more than physical support.

PTSD and it's effects upon life of an individual.

FEMA Trailers

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1965 Title XIX Medicaid Law: IMD Exclusion

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How has the policy been received by the public? (media reports, etc.)

I could barely find anything on this in particular. In general, there have been more and more support for a stronger mental health system in the United States and while this policy furthers development, some people believe that there is much more that is needed.