Quotidian Anthropocene
A digital collection for the Quotidian Anthropocene research project, field campus, and open seminar.
COVID-19 Alert Project
This essay will provide a portal into work in response to COVID-19.
Haiti's Quotidian Anthropocene - Collection
The effects of the Anthropocene (human-centric era) manifest differently, depending on geography. In Haiti, in particular, the quotidian life of diaster is imprinted in the landscape.
Haiti Deforestation
Haiti now has only 2% forest cover.
Haiti Anthropocene
Racial Capitalocenic Geographies
Lasante- Health
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St. Louis Field Campus
A PECE Essay for the St. Louis Field Campus.
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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