Problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies

IF 1.9 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Disaster Prevention and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI:10.1108/dpm-06-2023-0153

Jake Rom Cadag

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper is a critique of Western modernity and the problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies. It criticizes metanarratives and grand theories of Western discourses to advance postmodern discourses in disaster studies.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper outlines a conceptual domain through which approaches of postmodernism can be employed to (re)liberate disaster studies.

Findings

Metanarratives and grand theories frame the scope and focus of disaster studies. But the increasing number and the aggravated impacts of disasters and environmental challenges in the late 20th and early 21st centuries are proofs that our current “frames” do not capture the complexities of disasters. Postmodernism, in its diversity and various meanings, offers critical and complementary perspectives and approaches to capture the previously neglected dimensions of disasters.

Research limitations/implications

Postmodernism offers ways forward to (re)liberate disaster studies through ontological pluralism, epistemological diversity and hybridity of knowledge.

Originality/value

The agenda of postmodernism in disaster studies is proposed in terms of the focus of inquiry, ontological and epistemological positionalities, research paradigm, methodologies and societal goals.

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期刊介绍： Disaster Prevention and Management, An International Journal, sets out to advance the available knowledge in the fields of disaster prevention and management and to act as an integrative agent for extant methodologies and activities relating to disaster emergency and crisis management. Publishing high quality, refereed papers, the journal supports the exchange of ideas, experience and practice between academics, practitioners and policy-makers.