1,721,027 research outputs found
High energy marine flood deposits on Astypalaea Island, Greece: possible evidence for the AD 1956 southern Aegean tsunami
No full textHigh energy marine sediments are described from Livadia and Stavros, Astypalaea Island, Greece, which are tentatively interpreted to be associated with the southern Aegean tsunami of 9th July AD 1956. At Livadia, the marine provenance of imbricated pebble deposits (referred to here as the Imbricated Clast Unit, or ICU) are inferred from two observations. Firstly, the similarity between the clasts comprising the ICU and contemporary beach sediments, and secondly the inclusion of foraminiferal tests within the sediment matrix. Derivation from the AD 1956 tsunami, rather than from a storm surge, is inferred from the uniqueness of the deposits within the sedimentary record, their distinct imbrication, and 137Cs and 210Pb dating of overlying and underlying sediments. The top of the ICU occurs at +2.00 metres above sea level (m a.s.l.) indicating a minimum flood level at this location. At Stavros, a gravel with rounded clasts incorporating marine mollusca is found on exposed cliff surfaces up to an elevation of +10.00 m a.s.l. These gravels are also interpreted as having been deposited by the AD 1956 tsunami. The elevation of the deposits and topographic observations indicate that previously reported run-up elevations were over-estimated. The results shown here represent the first systematic investigation into sedimentary deposits possibly associated with a modern tsunami within the Aegean Sea region of Greece
Something borrowed, something new: navigating the emerging field of queer disaster studies
No full textThis chapter presents a brief history of the research, policy and practice that have informed the emergence of gender and sexual diversity in disasters, climate change and humanitarian crises, or ‘queer disaster studies’ in short. It explores critiques of the dominance of western terminology and practices in the development of queer disaster studies; the emerging field’s debt to feminist and queer theorists and HIV/AIDS community activists; and the important role played by the queering of human geography. The chapter poses disaster justice as a framework that can draw together the culturally and geographically disparate work that has been conducted on queer disaster studies within and across different sectors and disciplines
Queering disasters, climate change and humanitarian crises: an introduction
No full textThe introduction provides a guide for navigating the edited collection. It outlines the book’s organisation, structure and key themes; the relationships between empirical studies and first-hand, personal accounts; and a summary of each chapter and vignette. It concludes with some reflections on how the collection might be used to further the development of queer-inclusive disaster research, policies, programmes and services
Hurricane Katrina and a curious closet for queers: a short story
No full textThis vignette is a fictionalised account of how the pressures young queer people experience in their everyday lives are magnified under disaster conditions. The vignette highlights the importance of storytelling in presenting the complexities and subjective particularities of young queer people’s everyday lives that may be missed or glossed over in more traditional academic research. Storytelling, the author argues, is messy and can disrupt many of the certainties of accepted academic conventions
Documentary and geological records of tsunamis in the Aegean Sea region of Greece and their potential value to risk assessment and disaster management
No full text
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Gender and Sexual Diversity and the Urban Climate Crisis: Intersectional Injustices of Housing and Livelihoods in Kampala, Uganda
No full textThis chapter examines how the everyday exclusions, discrimination, and increased vulnerabilities experienced by gender and sexual diverse people intersect with urban environmental hazards in the context of global climate change. The chapter draws on in-depth interviews and research conducted in Kampala, Uganda, between 2021 and 2023. The research spotlights the critical issues of housing and livelihood injustices experienced by gender and sexual diverse people. The chapter argues that these injustices are becoming more extreme due to climate change and are driven, in large part, by the ‘messy, everyday workings of gendered power’
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Queering disasters, climate change and humanitarian crises
No full textThis book marks a significant contribution to the development of queer disaster studies - exploring how disaster-related experiences and needs of sexual and gender diverse (LGBTIQA+) people manifest and differ across national, cultural, and regional boundaries from the Global North and South; from culturally diverse communities, drawing together researchers and professionals working in government, non-government agencies, emergency management, community, and humanitarian organisations. Uniquely, it contains contributions from sexual and gender diverse people with lived experience of disasters, climate change and humanitarian crises and people who have been subject to heterosexist discrimination in disaster relief and recovery-related services, as employees and volunteers.
A crucial, overdue contribution to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 5: Gender Equality, this book identifies areas to further the development of just and equitable disaster, climate change and humanitarian crises policy, programs, and services that include and address the needs of sexual and gender diverse people
- …
