RISK AND DISASTER

TOPICAL INTEREST GROUP

PROGRAM FOR THE 78th ANNUAL MEETING OF

THE SOCIETY FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

April 3‐7, 2018

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Full program available online at, along with links to session, paper, poster, video, and workshop
abstracts: http://www.sfaa.net/annual-meeting/program/

Additional Events
Tuesday, April 3 6:00-7:30 PM
Regency B
SFAA Opening Reception

Wednesday, April 4 5:30-7:20 PM

Commonwealth B
J. Anthony Paredes Memorial Plenary Reception

Wednesday, April 4 7:30-9:30 PM

Millennium Hall
Welcome Reception
Alexander M. Ervin, SfAA President, presiding
Sponsored by the University of Delaware

Thursday, April 5 12:00-1:20 PM

Regency A
SfAA Business Meeting

Thursday, April 5 3:00-5:20

Millennium Hall
Poster Session

Friday, April 6 7:00-9:30 PM

Millennium Hall
SfAA Awards Ceremony and Malinowski Lecture
with reception following

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 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
(W‐04) WEDNESDAY 8:00‐9:50
Commonwealth C
Disasters, Climate Change, and Vulnerability
Chair: HANSON, Thomas (UC‐Boulder)
HANSON, Thomas (UC‐Boulder) Invisible Lines in the Forest, Unfolding Risks and the
Production of Vulnerability in the Bolivian Chiquitanía
KLINE, Nolan (Rollins Coll) “Mi Existir es Resistir (My Existence Is Resistance)”: LGBTQ
Latinx Activism in Response to the Pulse Shooting in Orlando, FL
MCFARLAND, Kelly and SEMLOW, Andrea (UNT) The Hidden Citizens: Shaping Identity
and Infrastructure in Crisis
KRAUSE, Stefan (Beacon Coll) and PERKINS, Reed (Queens U) Cultural Heritage, Social
Resilience and Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change Impacts in Yap State, FSM
LANGILLE, Justin (U Toronto) “A Great Collection of Pictures”: Photography as
Methodology in Stewardship and Ethnography of the Ottawa River Watershed

(W‐47) WEDNESDAY 10:00‐11:50

Franklin
Disasters and Epistemology
Chair: TOVAR, Antonio (Farmworker Assoc of FL)
ARNOLD, Taylor, QUANDT, Sara A., and ARCURY, Thomas A. (WFU Sch of Med) Old Laws
and Young Workers: Hired Latino Child Farmworkers in North Carolina
TOVAR, Antonio (Farmworker Assoc of FL), GRZYWACZ, Joseph, MARIN, Antonio, TREJO,
Maribel, and GONZALEZ BACKEN, Melinda (FSU) Translating Scientific Research on Heat
Related Illness into Extension Education for Florida Farmworkers
KAYAALP, Ebru (Istanbul Sehir U) Scientific Uncertainty, Disaster Expertise and the
Istanbul Earthquake
KUONEN, Jessica, CONWAY, Flaxen, and STRUB, Ted (OR State U) Decoding the Role of
Risk Perception & Uncertainty in the Communication of Marine Environmental
Information: An Ocean Condition Forecast Case Study
LAUER, Matthew (SDSU) How Do Polynesian Coral Reef Fishers Perceive and Respond to
Large‐Scale Loss of Coral?

(W‐77) WEDNESDAY 12:00‐1:20

Franklin
Resilience and Sustainability
Chair: GORBEA, Laura (Altamente)
BURGER, Annetta (GMU) From Networks to Recovery: An Agentbased Model of
Community Resilience
GORBEA, Laura (Altamente) Crisis in Puerto Rico: How a Sustainable Future Is Reclaimed
and Lost

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 CHANG, Wayne (Fielding Grad U) Effective Social Media Use in the Response Phase of a
Disaster by Distant Spontaneous Volunteers to Organize the Initial Chaos to Build a
Sustainable Future

(W‐107) WEDNESDAY 1:30‐3:20

Franklin
Sustainable Futures of Chesapeake Communities Facing Relative Sea‐level Rise
Chair: CASAGRANDE, David (Lehigh U)
LAMPMAN, Aaron (Washington Coll) and CASAGRANDE, David (Lehigh U) Mr. President
“Build Your Wall Right Here”: Managed Retreat Is Defeat
VAN DOLAH, Elizabeth and JOHNSON, Katherine J. (UMD) Informing Collaborative
Adaptation Planning through Ethnographies of Heritage and Resilience
HARTMAN, Hayley (Washington Coll) How Does Sense of Place Influence Decisions on
Sea Level Rise
PAOLISSO, Michael and MILLER HESED, Christine (UMD) Anthropology, Collaboration
and Climate Change
WEBB, Kirstin (Washington Coll) A Shared Erosion Narrative: Rejecting Sea Level Rise on
the Eastern Shore, MD
Discussant: CASAGRANDE, David (Lehigh U)

(W‐137) WEDNESDAY 3:30‐5:20

Franklin
Community Based Responses to Disaster
Chair: DYER, Christopher (UNM)
CRAIG, Jason (U S Carolina) Responding to Disaster with Theatre: Community
Performance as One Artistic Response to a 1000‐year Weather Event
DAIMON, Hiroaki and ATSUMI, Tomohide (Osaka U) “Pay‐it‐forward” among Post‐
disaster Communities in Japan
DYER, Christopher (UNM) The Community Action Response Team as a Community
Disaster Response
JACOB, Steven (YCP), WEEKS, Pris (HARC), and MCILVAINE‐NEWSAD, Heather (W Illinois
U) Please Help: Social Media, Disasters, and Citizens

(W‐167) WEDNESDAY 5:30‐7:20

Franklin
Epidemics and Disasters
Chair: CARPENTER, Rachel (SUNY Buffalo)
CARPENTER, Rachel (SUNY Buffalo) Lessons Learned from the Philadelphia Yellow Fever
Epidemic of 1793: Building a Sustainable Future for Emergency Management
GRAY, Deven (UCF) “Only the Really Sick Come Here”: Ambiguities, Ascertainment Bias,
and Endemic Zika in Belize
GRAHAM, Ashley and SHOREMAN‐OUIMET, Eleanor (UConn) Social Sciences in Disaster
Risk Reduction Research and Application

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 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018
(TH‐16) THURSDAY 8:00‐9:50
Washington C
Disaster and the Politics of Sympathy
Chairs: HOFFMAN, Susanna (Hoffman Consulting) and BARRIOS, Roberto (SIU)
HOFFMAN, Susanna (Hoffman Consulting) Disasters and the Shadow Side of Sympathy:
An Overview
ALBRIS, Kristoffer (U Copenhagen) Emergency Affect and Political Opportunism
Following the 2013 Floods in Eastern Germany
FAAS, A.J. (SJSU) The Politics of Suffering and the Affective Decoupage of Statecraft in
Disaster Memorials and Museums
BARRIOS, Roberto (SIU) How to Care for Whom?: The Affective Economy of Disaster
Assistance
Discussant: OLIVER‐SMITH, Anthony (UF)

(TH‐46) THURSDAY 10:00‐11:50

Washington C
Innovation Diffusion for Building Safety in the “Informal Sector”: Can Anthropology Help?
Chairs: KRIMGOLD, Fred (VTU) and BENDER, Steve (OAS retired)
Panelists: DE SANTIS, Cecilia (World Bank), OLIVER‐SMITH, Anthony (UF), SCHULLER, Mark
(NIU), and COLLINS, Michael (Build Change)

(TH‐106) THURSDAY 1:30‐3:20

Washington C
Risk and Disaster TIG Plenary: Putting Knowledge into Action and Making Knowledge out of
Practice: Theorizing and Operationalizing Sustainability in Disaster Mitigation
Chairs: BARRIOS, Roberto (SIU), TRIVEDI, Jennifer (Disaster Rrch Ctr UDel), and SEDLACIK,
Melissa (USF)
Panelists: BROWNE, Katherine E. (CO State U), MARINO, Elizabeth (OSU Cascades), MAXWELL,
Keely (EPA), SINGH, Namrita (JHU), and LAZRUS, Heather (NCAR)

(TH‐129) THURSDAY 3:30‐5:20

Regency C1
Health in Mountain Communities, Part I
Chair: CHIN, Nancy Perini (U Rochester)
CONTENTO, Nicholas (U Rochester) “Waiting in the Risk”: Youth Activism in Alpine Italy
ZHANG, Ann Yao and DONOVAN, Samuel (U Rochester) A Priest, a Doctor, and a Deputy
Mayor Walk into an Interview: Conflicting Perspectives on Women’s Psychosocial Well‐
Being in a Mountain Community
KOPFMAN, Jocelyn and MCGILLIVRAY, Ciara (U Rochester) “I Create Change By…”:
Adolescent Agency and Identity Formation through Photovoice

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 ARYA, Simran and VASQUEZ, Lysa (U Rochester) Mothering through Motherhood: The
Role of The Grandmother in Supporting Infant Health

(TH‐136) THURSDAY 3:30‐5:20

Washington C
Culture and Disaster Action Network: What Can We Learn about Culture from Practitioners’
Stories about Their Work on Disasters?
Chair: FAAS, A.J. (SJSU)
Panelists: BROWNE, Katherine E. (CO State U), KOONS, Adam (Crown Agents), MALDONADO,
Julie (Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network), MARINO, Elizabeth (OSU‐Cascades),
and OLSON, Laura (Georgetown U)

(TH‐159) THURSDAY 5:30‐7:20

Regency C1
Health in Mountain Communities, Part II
Chair: CHIN, Nancy Perini (U Rochester)
JOSHI, Mahima and HAIDER, Kasuar (U Rochester) Birth, Bonding, and Buddhism: The
Relationship between Religious Identity and Infant Care Practices in Ladakh
BOWEN, Anna and SHINDEA, Rhea (U Rochester) Traditional Thukpa and Packaged
Noodles: The Generational Changes in Ladakhi Motherhood in the Context of Rapid
Globalization

(TH‐166) THURSDAY 5:30‐7:20

Washington C
The Anthropology of Environmental Decontamination: Social Science Perspectives on Toxic
Cleanups
Chair: KIESSLING, Brittany (ORISE)
KIESSLING, Brittany, MAXWELL, Keely, and BUCKLEY, Jenifer (US EPA) How Clean Is
Clean?: Review of the Social Science of Environmental Clean‐Up
WELLS, E. Christian (USF), WARD, Beverly G. (BGW Assoc), TROTZ, Maya A., WHITEFORD,
Linda M., and BENDER, Cori (USF) “We’re Swimming in Toxic Soup”: 8 Hurricane
Stormwater Contamination and Environmental Justice — What We Can Learn from
Harvey, Irma, and Maria
FORTUN, Kim (UCI) and KNOWLES, Scott (Drexel U) Environmental Justice in Disaster,
Fast and Slow
LITTLE, Peter (RIC) From Decolonization to Neoliberal Decontamination: Hazardous
Waste Control and Management in Ghana
CHRISTENSEN, Kelley (MTU) Decontaminating Butte: A 35‐Year Citizen Struggle
Discussant: ROBERTS, Jody (Sci History Inst)

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 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018
(F‐05) FRIDAY 8:00‐9:50
Commonwealth D
Climate Change and Its Impacts
Chair: LEVINE, Rachel (U Toronto)
ASKLAND, Hedda, AUSTIN, Emma, CHIONG, Raymond, GROIZARD, Justine, LOCKART,
Natalie, MAGUIRE, Amy, and RICH, Jane (U Newcastle) Beyond Movement: Climate
Change Induced Displacement and Experiential Distress
LEVINE, Rachel (U Toronto) Landscapes of Vulnerability: Urban Poverty and Post‐Human
Futures
RZONCA, Stephanie and BURKE, Brian J. (Appalachian State U), WELCH‐DEVINE,
Meredith (UGA) Climate Change’s Gendered Impacts in Southern Appalachia
OLSON, Ernie (Wells Coll) New Tanks for Old: A Report on the Transformation and
Continuity of Water Catchment Strategies in the Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific
ROBERTS, Jason (UTSA) “We Live Like This”: Local Inequalities and Disproportionate Risk
in the Context of Climate Change and Industrial Agro‐Forestry Development on New
Hanover Island [Lavongai], Papua New Guinea

(F‐35) FRIDAY 10:00‐11:50

Commonwealth D
Making and Applying Climate Change Knowledge
Chair: ROY, Sudipta (Indiana U)
ROY, Sudipta (Indiana U) Mainstreaming Climate Change in the Education Sector: An
Ethnographic Observation of an NGO Work in Local Bangladesh
KOHEJI, Marwa (UNCCH) Surviving Heat: Indigenous Engineering and the Challenge of
Sustainability in the Arab Gulf
MATERA, Jaime (CSUCI) Addressing the Disconnect between Global and Local Views on
Climate Change
MCLEAN, Elizabeth and BECKER, Austin (URI) Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation for
Seaports: A Cultural Consensus Model for North Atlantic Medium and High‐Use Port
Decision Makers
HRITZ, Carrie (SESYNC/UMD) Engaging Synthesis: Social Science Perspectives on Climate
Change

(F‐65) FRIDAY 12:00‐1:20

Commonwealth D
Disaster Response and Recovery
Chair: JOHNSON, Mei (UDel)
JOHNSON, Mei (UDel) Delaware’s First Responders: The Complexities of a Sustainable
Permanent Disaster Volunteer Structure
ELOUL, Liyam (Ctr for Victims of Torture) Community Resilience: Advancing from
Disaster Recovery to Sustainability

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 MIYAMAE, Ryohei (Osaka U) Discovery of Everyday Lives for the Future Recovery: A Case
Study of ‘Picturescue’
WILKINSON, Olivia (Independent) Culture Brokers and Mediating Organizations in
International Humanitarian Response
HARVEY, T.S. (Vanderbilt U) Sustainable Stories, Capacity‐Building, Environmental
Protection, and the Work of Anthropology in Global Public Risk Reduction in Guatemala

(F‐95) FRIDAY 1:30‐3:20

Commonwealth D
The Anthropology of Disaster Impacts
Chair: TRIVEDI, Jennifer (UDel)
TRIVEDI, Jennifer and SLOTTER, Rachel (UDel) “We Can’t Be Forgotten”: Perceptions of
Post‐Hurricane Aid and Recovery in Rockport, TX and Biloxi, MS
[Withdrawn] LLOYD, Robert (GSU) Life in Hurricane Alley
MCILVAINE‐NEWSAD, Heather and DELANY BARMANN, Gloria (WIU) When Disaster
Strikes Your Field School: Opportunities Gained in Service Learning Study Abroad
Experiences
MARTIN, Stephanie (U Arizona) Cultural Perceptions and Social Responses to Volcanic
Events: Three Eruptions of Mount Vesuvius

(F‐125) FRIDAY 3:30‐5:20

Commonwealth D
Living with Hurricanes, Part I
Chairs: WELCH‐DEVINE, Meredith (U Georgia), LAZRUS, Heather (NCAR), and OLSON, Laura
(Georgetown U)
OLIVER‐SMITH, Anthony (UF) Introduction
O’CONNELL, Caela (UTK) and BROWNE, Kate (CO State U) Decisions and Well‐Being: A
Preliminary Report from Hurricane Harvey Research in Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast
BARRIOS, Roberto (SUI) Living With What Came Before the Hurricane
LAZRUS, Heather, WILHELMI, Olga, DIETRICH, Alexa, GAMBILL, Jill, HANSON, Thomas,
and MORSS, Rebecca (NCAR) Information as Intervention: How Does Hurricane Risk
Communication Interact With and Reduce Vulnerability?
BUTTON, Gregory (Independent) Down in the Dumps: The Threat of Toxic Waste in the
Aftermath of Hurricanes

(F‐155) FRIDAY 5:30‐6:50

Commonwealth D
Living with Hurricanes, Part II
Chairs: WELCH‐DEVINE, Meredith (U Georgia), LAZRUS, Heather (NCAR), and OLSON, Laura
(Georgetown U)
AHMED, Saleh (U Arizona) Living with Tropical Cyclones: Critical Insights on Vulnerable
Communities and Their Current Adaptation Initiatives, Needs, and Barriers in Low‐Lying
Coastal Bangladesh

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[Withdrawn] PFALZGRAF, Foley (U Oxford) Deconstructing Resilience in Vanuatu:
Exploring Disconnects in Theory and Practice and the Potential for Integrating
Traditional Knowledge
LOWRY, David Shane (Biola U) Swamp Neighborhoods: Lumbee Indian Ecologies Before
and After Hurricane Matthew
GONZALEZ, Melinda (LSU) Puerto Rican Diasporic Community Organizing in the
Aftermath of Hurricane Maria

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 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018
(S‐10) SATURDAY 8:00‐9:50
Regency C2
Living with Hurricanes, Part III
Chairs: WELCH‐DEVINE, Meredith (U Georgia), LAZRUS, Heather (NCAR), and OLSON, Laura
(Georgetown U)
KULSTAD GONZÁLEZ, Tess M. (Grinnell Coll) The 500 Year Hurricane
SCHULLER, Mark (NIU) A First Look at Cuba’s Response to Hurricane Irma
DIETRICH, Alexa (Wagner Coll/SSRC), GARRIGA‐LÓPEZ, Adriana (Kalamazoo Coll), and
MULLIGAN, Jessica (Providence Coll) Food and Water: Tools for Recovery in Puerto Rico
after Hurricane Maria
NARVAEZ, Guillermo (U Minnesota) “We Are Fine, but...”: Puerto Rico in the Aftermath
of Hurricane Maria

(S‐40) SATURDAY 10:00‐11:50

Regency C2
Living with Hurricanes, Part IV
Chairs: WELCH‐DEVINE, Meredith (U Georgia), LAZRUS, Heather (NCAR), and OLSON, Laura
(Georgetown U)
OLSON, Laura (Georgetown U) Comparative Perspectives on Response and Recovery
JEROLLEMAN, Alessandra (Louisiana Water Works) Personal and Institutional Timelines
for Hurricane Preparedness, Recovery and Mitigation
WELCH‐DEVINE, Meredith and ORLAND, Brian (U Georgia) Irma and Matthew: The
Effects of Repeated Exposure to Extreme Weather Events on Attitudes toward
Adaptation
REZK, Alexander (U Maine) Capturing the Resilience Dividend: Post Hurricane Sandy
Insights from Brooklyn’s Sea Gate Community

(S‐70) SATURDAY 12:00‐1:20

Regency C2
Just Environmental and Climate Pathways: Storytelling to Inform a Sustainable Future
Chair: MALDONADO, Julie (Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network)
Panelists: CRATE, Susan (GMU), PERRY, Simona (c.a.s.e. Consulting Serv), ALANIZ, Ryan (Cal
Poly), STULTS, Melissa (U Mich), and LAZRUS, Heather (NCAR)

(S‐100) SATURDAY 1:30‐3:20

Regency C2
Policy and Local Responses to Climate Change
Chair: ALEXANDER, Sara (Baylor U)
ALEXANDER, Sara and LONG, Michael (Baylor U) Giving a Voice to the Indigenous Svan:
Perceptions of the Threats of Climate Change and a Developing Tourism Industry in the
Svaneti Region, Republic of Georgia

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 [Withdrawn] BOURIE, Porter (Dexis Consulting) Cultural Models of God and
Technoscience: How Competing Definitions of Climate Change Contribute to
Development Success and Failure in West Africa
EVEN, Trevor and MCNEELEY, Shannon (NCCSC), KNAPP, Corrine, GIOIA, John, and
NAVE, Julia (WSCU), BEETON, Tyler (NCCSC) Social Vulnerability to Climate Change and
Public Lands Governance in Colorado: A Mixed Methods Assessment Approach

(S‐101) SATURDAY 1:30‐3:20

Tubman
Risk & Disaster TIG Meeting

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