Citizenship, Disaster Preparedness, and Moblity Justice
Topics: Political Geography
, Feminist Geographies
, Cultural and Political Ecology
Keywords: bodies, citizenship, vulnerability, uneven development, mobility, natural hazards
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Friday
Session Start / End Time: 2/25/2022 05:20 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/25/2022 06:40 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 61
Authors:
Ruth Trumble, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Abstract
Disaster preparedness and emergency management have long-been institutions organized through the state. As such, citizenship becomes a key factor in determining who should receive attention and aid. Therefore, those without the marker of citizenship are often not included nor considered in logics of disaster preparedness and response. Further, diverse mobilities reshape who is at risk of an emergency event in a particular place. As refugees continue to move through southeastern Europe to enter the E.U., they face myriad threats that include, but are not limited to, state actors and natural hazards. Additionally, they move through citizen communities that experience different kinds of precarity, which are manifest in the increased privatization of land and public services, environmental pollution, and unemployment. In parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia, both refugees and residents face the threat of unexploded ordinances, such as landmines, alongside the increased intensity of natural hazard events. Yet, the ways in which these groups experience threats differ. Through the lens of mobility justice, I think through how citizenship differentiates the vulnerable (im)mobilities that citizens and non-citizens face in the context of climate change and uneven development. I then highlight potential ways in which the logics of preparedness can move beyond the citizen/non-citizen binary.
Citizenship, Disaster Preparedness, and Moblity Justice
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