Normalising community-led, empowered, disaster planning: Reshaping norms of power and knowledge

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https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1258

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desastres, normalización, responsabilidad compartida, Australia

Resumen

Los desastres (y las dinámicas que los siguen) son intrínsecamente disruptivos de las rutinas habituales y se da por hecho su carácter ordinario. Se teme que, en el contexto del cambio climático, los desastres se conviertan en “la nueva norma”. La forma en que nos preparamos, respondemos y nos recuperamos de los desastres proporciona un rico terreno para explorar la “normalidad” y preguntarnos por los procesos de normalización. En este artículo nos basamos en las ideas resultantes de una investigación empírica sobre los esfuerzos políticos para la preparación para desastres en Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia. Se sugiere que la comprensión de “la norma” es un lugar de contestación. Ese debate discursivo es evidente, sobre todo, en las prescripciones de políticas y prácticas para la “responsabilidad compartida”. La política internacional y nacional están transfiriendo la responsabilidad de la preparación para desastres de las instituciones del Estado al individuo de la sociedad local. En la práctica, vemos este cambio simultáneamente resistido y adoptado con “normas” en desastres remodelados en múltiples sitios y en múltiples direcciones. El artículo concluye que la participación en debates complejos ofrece la posibilidad de interrumpir los patrones tradicionales y normalizar las respuestas a los desastres, lideradas por una sociedad empoderada.

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Biografía del autor/a

Margot Rawsthorne, University of Sydney

Social Work & Policy Studies

School of Education & Social Work, University of Sydney

Amanda Howard, University of Sydney

Social Work & Policy Studies, University of Sydney

Pam Joseph, University of Sydney

Dr. Pam Joseph. Social Work & Policy Studies, University of Sydney. Email: pam.joseph@sydney.edu.au

 

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Publicado

2022-01-27 — Actualizado el 2022-06-01

Cómo citar

Rawsthorne, M., Howard, A. y Joseph, P. (2022) «Normalising community-led, empowered, disaster planning: Reshaping norms of power and knowledge», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 12(3), pp. 506–521. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1258.