The Center for Values and Social Policy presents a panel event on
Vulnerability and Disaster Response
Tuesday, Sept. 19th
EDUC 220
6:00 鈥� 7:30 p.m.
How can disaster response effectively address vulnerable populations, those 鈥渓eft behind鈥� by inequalities in race, class, gender, and bodily impairment?聽 How should the state take such inequalities into account in disaster policy 鈥� and how can citizen groups affected by disaster effectively negotiate these inequalities to pursue a unified goal?聽 Drawing on fieldwork-based case studies and ethical theory, panelists will examine how disaster response is inflected by vulnerability 鈥� and how it could be improved.
Featured Speakers
Lori Peek (Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado; Director, Natural Hazards Center)
鈥淭he Next Big One: Vulnerable Populations and Rapid Reconnaissance Research鈥�
聽Emmanuel David (Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies, University of Colorado)
鈥淏ridgework: Emergent Civic Action in Disaster Response"
聽Elizabeth Brake (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University)
鈥淒isaster, Vulnerability, and Equal Opportunity: The State's Role in Response"
Co-sponsored by the Department of Women and Gender Studies, the Department of Sociology, and the Natural Hazards Center