S1E9 - "Radical" Disaster Studies?

This week we spend some time around the table with Emmanuel Raju and Giuseppe Forino, our i-Rec Conference Co-Chairs, to discuss the field of disaster studies and whether any claim to being radical holds water!  We discuss some of the barriers to critical scholarship and the reluctance of those with power to allow a discourse that is based on a rigorous critique of the status quo. We talk about the political-economic-social factors underpinning risk creation and the injustice of the systems that dominate our world.  Where do we go from here?    Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @DisastersDecon Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!    Further information:  Power, Prestige & Forgotten Values: A Disaster Studies Manifesto   Our guests: Giuseppe Forino - @G_leipheimer  Emmanuel Raju - @EmmanuelRaju7   Music this week from "Stand Down" by Luminar