Emotional Eruptions, Volcanic Activity and Global Mobilities – A Field Account from a European in the US During the Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7921086
AutoresO B Jensen (0000-0002-6804-5008, Aalborg University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas67-75
Fecha de publicación2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMobilities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17450101.2011.532653
OpenAlexW2007996885
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas13

The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano in April 2010 set off a number of environmental, economic and cultural effects obstructing thousands of people in the midst of their global mobility flows. It halted, as well, the exchange of goods and commodities and exposed the vulnerability of the global aeromobility system. In this paper an account is given of how the event was experienced by a European academic attending a number of North American conferences at precisely the time of the eruption. The paper is an attempt to describe how people reacted emotionally as well as rationally, attempting to find strategies for coping with the consequences of the eruption

Mobilities · Seismology · Social science · Sociology · Volcano · Disaster Management and Resilience · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Geology