Book Launch: “Disaster Recovery Through Women’s Eyes” by Dr Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete

For too long, recovery has been measured in terms of infrastructure rebuilt, economic functions restored and institutions ‘built back better’. Yet recovery is also lived through everyday acts of care, survival, resistance and collective action. Much of this work is undertaken by women, yet it is rarely placed at the centre of how recovery is understood.

We will mark the occasion with a panel discussion around the key themes of the book, including resilience as a lived and entangled process rather than a technocratic framework, the role of narrative in disaster research and care-based ethical approaches in disaster recovery.

As part of the book launch, we also invite you to tour a photo exhibition, drawn from a selection used during the research project as part of the ‘PhotoKwento’ methodology, bringing another dimension to the stories and experiences at the heart of the book.

This event is co-organized by ISS and The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centrel (HSC).

Speakers

Introduction from Prof. Thea Hilhorst, HSC Director
Panel moderated by Dr Emma Lyn Cantal, Leiden University
And including:

Dr Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete, HSC-ISS
Dr Cynthia Bejenol, ISS

After the panel and gallery walk, there will be time for drinks and discussion.