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, thisarticle 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 histori...

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Main Author: Aguilar, Jr.
Format: text
Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol64/iss3/11
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4182/viewcontent/6324.pdf
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Institution: Ateneo De Manila University