Multiple Exposures of Risks: Disaster-Prone Societies in the Time of the Pandemic

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10.2991/assehr.k.211121.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

risk society; natural disaster; perception of risk; volcanic eruption; pandemic

Abstract

Taking the case of the local communities on the slopes of Mt. Merapi, Indonesia, this study examines the social construction of risks within the disaster-prone societies in the time of the pandemic. The empirical basis of this study comes from longitudinal qualitative research with the local communities on this volcano, principally in some hamlets of the Cangkringan Subdistrict, Sleman Regency. This study finds that the threat of the eruption was generally more prominent for the locals than the threat of the virus. However, the locals are aware that they are dealing with multiple layers of hazards, based on which they construct their own (subjective) risks. Such processes of risk construction happen at the social level, which always engages with certain power relations. The cultural or collective memory of the given society plays a fundamental role in constructing the hierarchy of the perceived risks.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muzayin Nazaruddin
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - Multiple Exposures of Risks: Disaster-Prone Societies in the Time of the Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 157
EP  - 159
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211121.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211121.036
ID  - Nazaruddin2021
ER  -