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Omar Pérez: Submarine Roots, Resisting (un)natural disasters

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I am interested in seeing how social ties and networks have been used to cope with (un)natural disasters. My research focus on places under disasters conditions such as Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, in which social ties have made the difference between life and death. Furthermore, “natural” disaster has been used to approved austerity measures and unjust policies to impoverished communities like in New Orleans after Katrina. These policies were not new, as they are rooted in structures of power to preserve the status quo. Yet, people have resisted, “through a network of branches, cultures, and geographies” that has stimulated a reflective process of looking within for solutions rather than outside. As often this outside solutions are not only detached from community’s reality but can perpetuate social injustices and inequalities.

McKittrick, K., & Woods, C. A. (Eds.). (2007). Black geographies and the politics of place. South End Press.

Bullard, R. D., & Wright, B. (Eds.). (2009). Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Westview Press.

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Live Box is an innovative design. It offers three types for diverse situations and it can be used for help people after a natural disaster. The product can be used easy and quickly, and also convinient for transport. It can solve victims' difficult situations in emergency. The materials are common and the cost is inexpensive. This product is a good design for manufacture and can be used for helping people. 

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The film shows there are lots of patient every-day and not enough resources during the war. MSF are working many hours a day, and keep working many days without have a good rest. They are working under big pressure. At the beginning, they are sad and lost when they faced to the death, and after that they get used to it. For example, there many people injured because of the shooting, and MSF have to decide how to do the operation and work effectively with using simple instrument.