Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster

Power and Representation in Indonesia's Mud Volcano

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ID23545751
AuthorsPhillip Drake (0000-0001-8542-5662)
Year2016
Pages190
Publication date2016-07-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueIndonesia and the Politics of Disaster (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315525136
OpenAlexW4244530004
ISBN9781315525136
Open LibraryOL53958313M
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia’s history. Using this environmental incident in Indonesia as a case study, this book explores representations of disaster in scientific reports, public discourse, literature, and other cultural forms, observing the impact of these portrayals on the ways people both understand and respond to complicated environmental disasters. The author argues that power is expressed and contested in every representation of a disaster and its stakeholders. This book develops terminologies and perspectives that not only probe the social and ecological conditions that make disaster possible but also foster more effective and equitable strategies for adapting to a world fraught with hazards. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book makes a significant contribution to the fields of green cultural studies, disaster studies, science and technology studies and studies of political ecology in Southeast Asia.

Political science · Politics · Asian Studies and History · History · Law · Business & Economics · Communication en environnement · Communication in the environmental sciences · Disaster relief · Emergency management · Environmental aspects · Gas well drilling · General · Indonesia · Infrastructure · Mudflows · Political aspects · PT Lapindo Brantas · Social aspects · Social conditions · Social Science

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