Dancing to Dissonance: The Philippino Culture and Natural Disasters

Greg Bankoff's article "Eye of the Storm: Social Construction of the Philippine Gods and Construction of the Climate and Earthquake" provides a comprehensive analysis of the influence of the Filipino group on cultural patterns. A sense of psychology about natural disasters that often occur. These cultural models include not only theology, but also the general view between lifestyle and the public. The political factors that form these cultural patterns and the correspondence that people have taken to withstand repeated regression in nature are equally clear.

"Social scientists who have studied disasters in the last 50 years, disasters are not" nature "but are affected by demographic and socio-economic characteristics, social and cultural norms, prejudice and value I have always believed in social construction events "There is nothing like a natural disaster: race, class, Hurricane Katrina. This year 's disaster has disappeared from our memory - there are many people who probably need to recover sooner and still - this is a memo that we should remember.

Most of what we call natural disasters (tornadoes, droughts, hurricanes) is actually natural, but human contribution may increase its potential and strength. But they are not disasters - it is dangerous. Even if a hurricane hits a land where no one lives, it is not a disaster but the weather. A disaster is a natural disaster that matches the population. Usually this intersection is far from natural. If Houston's community is found to be most vulnerable to hurricane Harvey, most damage is not only predictable but also predicted. In 2016, ProPublica announced a detailed article explaining that lack of plans could make urban residents very vulnerable to hurricanes. The city permitted the entire block to emerge in areas where the Army Corps of Engineers knew that it would flood during the heavy rain. The 1996 report urged Harris County with Houston to take measures to mitigate the risk. It will be ignored. Harvey is a strong weather phenomenon.