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Austin Rhetoric Field Team

This essay will serve as the workspace for the Austin Anthropocene Campus Rhetoric Field Team.

Rhetoric Team Description

Ian Ferris describes the methods and focus of the Rhetoric Field Team of the Austin Anthropocene Field Campus.

Austin Anthropocene Research Questions and Key Concepts

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Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations

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What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article?

This article finds that the people living in the area of the Chernobyl disaster are still experiencing the aftermath of the situation. Due to the health and financial results of the disaster, they have become dependent on the infrastructures that can help them, such as the healthcare system. This prevents them from making independent decisions, or moving anywhere that would reduce their ability to recieve help.

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The Narrative Representation of illness

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Who are the authors, where do they work, and what are their areas of expertise? How is the author professionally situated in respect to emergency response? Note any other publications/research foci that are of relevance to the DSTS Network.

Laura Garro is a professor of anthropology at UCLA, so this shows her extensive background in athropology, and indicates that she writes this article with that sort of background, rather than a medical one.

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The Gendered Human of Humanitarianism: Medicalising and Politicising Sexual Violence

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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?

I followed up by looking at rape rates across the world, how rape is regarded in different countries, and when humanitarian aid started.