Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines

By revisiting the eruptions of Taal in 1911, Hibok-Hibok in 1951, and Pinatubo in 1991, this article interrogates Greg Bankoff’s argument that “cultures of disaster” in the Philippines produce “coping mechanisms” manifested in public apathy and the state’s failure at mitigation. It argues for histor...

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Main Author:	Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2016
Subjects:	volcanoes warning systems Aeta Pinatubo historiography Asian History History
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10052020-06-15T08:29:36Z Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr By revisiting the eruptions of Taal in 1911, Hibok-Hibok in 1951, and Pinatubo in 1991, this article interrogates Greg Bankoff’s argument that “cultures of disaster” in the Philippines produce “coping mechanisms” manifested in public apathy and the state’s failure at mitigation. It argues for historical contingency as illustrated by the relative success at disaster mitigation in Pinatubo’s case, despite extreme challenges. It highlights the warning system in which the Aeta who lived on Mount Pinatubo, along with volcanologists and other key actors, played crucial roles. The Aeta’s nonscientific perspective was not an obstacle to understanding risks and taking defensive action. 2016-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/6 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=history-faculty-pubs History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo volcanoes warning systems Aeta Pinatubo historiography Asian History History
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spellingShingle	volcanoes warning systems Aeta Pinatubo historiography Asian History History Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
description	By revisiting the eruptions of Taal in 1911, Hibok-Hibok in 1951, and Pinatubo in 1991, this article interrogates Greg Bankoff’s argument that “cultures of disaster” in the Philippines produce “coping mechanisms” manifested in public apathy and the state’s failure at mitigation. It argues for historical contingency as illustrated by the relative success at disaster mitigation in Pinatubo’s case, despite extreme challenges. It highlights the warning system in which the Aeta who lived on Mount Pinatubo, along with volcanologists and other key actors, played crucial roles. The Aeta’s nonscientific perspective was not an obstacle to understanding risks and taking defensive action.
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author	Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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title	Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_short	Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_full	Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_fullStr	Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_full_unstemmed	Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_sort	disasters as contingent events: volcanic eruptions, state advisories, and public participation in the twentieth-century philippines
publisher	Archīum Ateneo
publishDate	2016
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Disasters as Contingent Events: Volcanic Eruptions, State Advisories, and Public Participation in the Twentieth-Century Philippines

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