Emily Ragus
Biographic Data
| ID | 5152104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Ragus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Ragus |
| SIGNATURE | RAGUS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-1565-9697 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Silent Scars in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus
Women in resource-scarce communities navigate daily scarcity, structural neglect, and gendered violence, leaving profound but often invisible impacts on mental and reproductive health. Women play an active role in the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) space; they provide water, food, and household security daily. This study investigates how chronic deprivation across the WEF nexus shapes experiences of psychological distress, reproductive vulnerability, an…
Rubbish Deaths
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Durban, South Africa, this article examines how environmental violence, masculinity, and inequality intersect in the context of the 2022 floods. Through the stories of three men: Barry, an unlikely conservationist; Peace, a young man living on the urban margins; and Roland, a disaster responder, we trace how crises are lived and gendered across race and class. Through the case study of Durban, we argue that disa…
Photo essay
Thanda knelt before a life-sized canvas where her body was traced and painted, floating amidst greens and blues, an umbilical cord linking her to her son. Created by her own hand, this body map narrates her survival story (Jager et al., 2016). This photo essay captures the stories of individuals from the Quarry Road West informal settlement who participated in a series of different arts-based research (ABR) workshops, designed to help survivors o…
Sculpting stories
Purpose This study examines the application of arts-based research (ABR) methods in producing knowledge about the lived experiences of disasters, particularly focusing on the effects of flooding in an informal settlement in South Africa. It emphasizes the use of playdough sculpting as a tool for storytelling, aiming to address and reduce power imbalances between local participants and external researchers. Design/methodology/approach The study em…
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Sculpting stories
Purpose This study examines the application of arts-based research (ABR) methods in producing knowledge about the lived experiences of disasters, particularly focusing on the effects of flooding in an informal settlement in South Africa. It emphasizes the use of playdough sculpting as a tool for storytelling, aiming to address and reduce power imbalances between local participants and external researchers. Design/methodology/approach The study em…
Photo essay
Thanda knelt before a life-sized canvas where her body was traced and painted, floating amidst greens and blues, an umbilical cord linking her to her son. Created by her own hand, this body map narrates her survival story (Jager et al., 2016). This photo essay captures the stories of individuals from the Quarry Road West informal settlement who participated in a series of different arts-based research (ABR) workshops, designed to help survivors o…
Silent Scars in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus
Women in resource-scarce communities navigate daily scarcity, structural neglect, and gendered violence, leaving profound but often invisible impacts on mental and reproductive health. Women play an active role in the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) space; they provide water, food, and household security daily. This study investigates how chronic deprivation across the WEF nexus shapes experiences of psychological distress, reproductive vulnerability, an…
Rubbish Deaths
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Durban, South Africa, this article examines how environmental violence, masculinity, and inequality intersect in the context of the 2022 floods. Through the stories of three men: Barry, an unlikely conservationist; Peace, a young man living on the urban margins; and Roland, a disaster responder, we trace how crises are lived and gendered across race and class. Through the case study of Durban, we argue that disa…
Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Data science (1 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (1 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Emergency management (1 works) · Empowerment (1 works)