8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 From: Bob White <rsw1@xxxxxxxxx> Dear Colleagues We would like to invite you to contribute to a session being convened by two Faraday staff, Bob White and Roger Abbott on 'Culture, Ethics and Religion in Disaster Mitigation and Recovery' (https://pcoconvin.eventsair.com/volcanoes11/session03#S36) at the upcoming 'Cities on Volcanoes' conference taking place at Heraklion, Crete, 23-27 May 2020. Abstract submission is open from now until *25 January 2020* There is an increasing recognition that it is important to take account of the cultural and religious practices and beliefs of populations at risk from volcanic disasters when planning for mitigation, and emergency response to crises. Whilst we recognise that there have been encouraging signs of advancement in this recognition recently, we believe there is still room for improvement, so that a far more efficient delivery of aid results and mitigation strategies are owned by the local population. Local communities should be more involved in consultations concerning what aid is required and also in forming mitigation strategies that these communities can legitimately claim ownership of, so that they feel empowered by them. This session will explore how scientific knowledge can be combined with an understanding of the local cultural and religious practices in disaster mitigation, preparation, emergency response and recovery. We welcome contributions from physical and social scientists, ethicists, ethnographers, anthropologists and aid workers with case studies and examples from a wide range of religious and cultural settings. Multidisciplinary collaboration between science, culture and religion will benefit emergency response and the affected communities. We welcome talks on how local religious and cultural beliefs affect the way that volcanoes are perceived by the public community, and on religious and cultural influences on hazard perception and disaster mitigation. We also welcome examples of the role of religion and faith communities in developing local emergency response protocols and practices. Convenors: Prof Robert S. White, rsw1@xxxxxxxxx Dept Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Dr Roger Abbott rpa24@xxxxxxxxx Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge, United Kingdom Dr Amy Donovan ard31@xxxxxxxxx Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 ============================================================== Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). ASU - http://www.asu.edu/ PSU - http://pdx.edu/ GVP - http://www.volcano.si.edu/ IAVCEI - https://www.iavceivolcano.org/ To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx. To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxx. Please do not send attachments. ============================================================== ------------------------------
