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The Tout-Monde of disaster studies
1Te Kura Mātai Taiao, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa.
Jamba (Potchefstroom, South Africa)
|March 6, 2023
Summary
This essay proposes a postcolonial disaster studies agenda using Edouard Glissant's philosophy. It advocates for understanding disasters through creolisation and relation, embracing a "Tout-Monde" of diverse interpretations.
Area of Science:
- Postcolonial Studies
- Disaster Studies
- Philosophy
Background:
- Expands on the postcolonial agenda for disaster studies.
- Draws from Edouard Glissant's philosophy of creolisation and relation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To refine perspectives on capturing global diversity and complexity in disaster studies.
- To advocate for pluralistic approaches to understanding disaster.
- To challenge scholarly assumptions and popular discourses on disaster.
Main Methods:
- Philosophical analysis of Edouard Glissant's concepts.
- Application of creolisation and relation to disaster studies.
- Conceptualizing disaster within a "Tout-Monde" framework.
Main Results:
- Identifies creolisation and relation as critical pathways for pluralistic disaster understanding.
- Proposes a "Tout-Monde" approach to disaster, embracing hybrid interpretations.
- Highlights the radical potential of this agenda for challenging existing paradigms.
Conclusions:
- A "Tout-Monde" approach to disaster studies offers a radical, forward-looking postcolonial agenda.
- This framework challenges essentialism and nativism in favor of hybridity and relationships.
- The proposed agenda encourages a more inclusive and complex understanding of global disasters.
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