Folks, we wrote an article a few years ago after experiencing a flood in our community where we content analyzed hundreds of pieces of ephemeral graffiti that emerged in the community in the weeks immediately after the flood--we labeled it "catastroffiti" or catastrophe graffiti--basically, a form of deviance taken up by the rural residents to voice their feelings about the flood...here's the reference:
Hagen, Carol, Morten G. Ender, Kathleen A. Tiemann, and Clifford O. Hagen, (1999). "Graffiti on the Plains: The Red River Valley flood of 1997." Applied Behavioral Science Review, 7(2):145-158. ...your students can look for this in the coming weeks...there's also some research out there that shows how women and the elderly experience disasters differently than others....morten -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Denise Copelton Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Ideas for using Katrina? I am using Eric Klinenberg's Heat Wave in my Intro class and am planning on collecting the run-up media coverage of Katrina so students can compare what was done prior to the Chicago heat wave with what was done prior to Katrina. It will be interesting to see if any of the patterns that Klinenberg found in the Chicago heat wave also exist in the wake of Katrina. Like Erikson's Everything in Its Path, Heat Wave examines a different sort of natural disaster but there are many possible points of comparison. -Denise Copelton --- "Roberts, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > I would like to share ideas appropriate for first > and second year > students for tapping into to the current news on the > Gulf coast - I > think what I am doing is fairly routine (with > culture) but I would like > to hear what others are doing. > > Susan > * * * * * * * * > > In one of my classes I will be doing Kai Erikson's > classic study > Everything In Its Path--looking at the social > consequences of a > disaster. That study is of a flood, but > applications can be made to > other types of disasters. > > Keith > -------------------------------- Denise A. Copelton, Ph.D. Department of Sociology SUNY Brockport 350 New Campus Drive Brockport, NY 14420 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
