Understanding the Materiality of Disaster Injustice in Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction
Pamela Gloria Cajilig: College of Architecture, University of the Philippines Diliman,
Monica F. A. W. Santos: Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman,
Simon Cervantes: Mapua Malayan Colleges Laguna,
Olivia Alma G. Sicam: College of Architecture, University of the Philippines Diliman
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.13185/PS2023.71404
Published Date: Nov 23, 2023 | Accepted Date: Nov 23, 2023 | Submitted Date: Nov 23, 2023
Abstract
This article contributes to disaster justice literature by analyzing the materialities of disaster injustice in an island community exposed to multiple hazards. Harnessing methods at the junctures of anthropology and architecture, this article uses the concept of “material register” to examine how injustice is articulated in housing reconstruction. The study identifies three material registers that operate within this particular disaster context: housing as a roof overhead, housing as lifeworld, and housing as private responsibility. These material registers highlight how post-disaster housing reconstruction is embedded in particular social, economic, and political realities.
Keywords
DISASTER JUSTICE, POST-DISASTER HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, MATERIAL CULTURE, FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
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