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RE INVENTING DISASTER STUDIES: FOUR CHALLENGES FOR A MORE MEANINGFUL FUTURE

This PERIPERI U TALKS session will start from the observation that we often claim that disasters are social constructs while offering little, but theories, concepts and methods supposed to be universal in understanding the unique and diverse experiences of millions of people across very different cultures. This is an epistemological non sense that disaster studies needs to address to make research more meaningful in the future.