“Not god’s work”
The dam collapse in Santa Lucia (Atlántico) during the intense rains of 2010-2011 in Colombia resulted in one of the worst floods on national record. Six municipalities were completely covered by water from the Canal del Dique, an artificial branch of the Magdalena River. Santa Lucia was one of the...
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| Format: | Second cycle, A2E |
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2016
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| author | Echeverry Angel, Mateo |
| author_browse | Echeverry Angel, Mateo |
| author_facet | Echeverry Angel, Mateo |
| author_sort | Echeverry Angel, Mateo |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The dam collapse in Santa Lucia (Atlántico) during the intense rains of 2010-2011 in Colombia resulted in one of the worst floods on national record. Six municipalities were completely covered by water from the Canal del Dique, an artificial branch of the Magdalena River. Santa Lucia was one of the municipalities that suffered from the flooding, with large economic and social impact across the region.
This research aims to present and explore local narratives about the disaster, told by inhabitants of Santa Lucia. The concept of narrative, understands their stories as deeply embedded in the political, economic, social and environmental context. Using concepts like marginality, subalternity and liminality, this research unpacks different elements of the story, revealing tensions and power relations present in the pre-disaster and post-disaster contexts in Santa Lucia.
In its conclusion, this research uses the concept of a meta-narrative, as a reformulation of the story, presenting the disaster as part of a story of transformation, shock and reshaping of the Santa Lucia landscape, in which – per Oliver-Smith’s work - vulnerability emerges as an uneven distribution of risk among individuals. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
| id | RepoSLU8833 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2016 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU88332016-02-19T11:23:24Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8833/ “Not god’s work” Echeverry Angel, Mateo Rural population Energy resources management The dam collapse in Santa Lucia (Atlántico) during the intense rains of 2010-2011 in Colombia resulted in one of the worst floods on national record. Six municipalities were completely covered by water from the Canal del Dique, an artificial branch of the Magdalena River. Santa Lucia was one of the municipalities that suffered from the flooding, with large economic and social impact across the region. This research aims to present and explore local narratives about the disaster, told by inhabitants of Santa Lucia. The concept of narrative, understands their stories as deeply embedded in the political, economic, social and environmental context. Using concepts like marginality, subalternity and liminality, this research unpacks different elements of the story, revealing tensions and power relations present in the pre-disaster and post-disaster contexts in Santa Lucia. In its conclusion, this research uses the concept of a meta-narrative, as a reformulation of the story, presenting the disaster as part of a story of transformation, shock and reshaping of the Santa Lucia landscape, in which – per Oliver-Smith’s work - vulnerability emerges as an uneven distribution of risk among individuals. 2016-02-18 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8833/1/echeverry_m_160218.pdf Echeverry Angel, Mateo, 2016. “Not god’s work” : an analysis of local narratives of the 2010-2011 flooding in Santa Lucia municipality (Colombia). Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-5156 eng |
| spellingShingle | Rural population Energy resources management Echeverry Angel, Mateo “Not god’s work” |
| title | “Not god’s work” |
| title_full | “Not god’s work” |
| title_fullStr | “Not god’s work” |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Not god’s work” |
| title_short | “Not god’s work” |
| title_sort | “not god’s work” |
| topic | Rural population Energy resources management |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8833/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8833/ |