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Carin Alejandria

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Health and Disaster Anthropologist. Assistant Professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Global Fellow at Brown University CHRHS. Leading a study on urban flood governance in Southeast Asia 🇧🇳🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭 Profile: carinalejandria.com

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 26

Objects have lives. They carry stories—of survival, loss, & hope. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai teaches us that they are more than things; they are fragments of who we are & what we endure. Over the past year, I collected stories of flood vulnerabilities & resilience in the BIMP

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · May 8

Heartbreaking to see an empty chair during a final exam. My student has been struggling with mental health. She really tried to make it work this semester. We’ve been conversing about this and she’s been receiving professional help.

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Apr 22

Just concluded the first convening of the Disaster Preparedness Project in BIMPEAGA. Grateful for the rich insights from regional partners and proud of our FASS students’ contributions. Onward to building shared knowledge and resilience in Southeast Asia. #DisasterStudies #BIMPEAGA

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Apr 8

The insightful engagements I had during my stay was made possible by the very supportive IAS staff led by Director Ksenia. Thanks again to the entire team (Laura, Connor, Kieran, and Yajie). Application for the 2025-2026 fellowship is open and will close by April 25. www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

Residential Fellowships | Institute of Advanced Studies | Loughborough University

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Apr 8

I also had wonderful discussions on the emerging epistemologies in critical disaster studies, including communicating risks and preparedness, with Prof @kschmutina.bsky.social and Prof Thomas Tufte.

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Apr 8

Life update: I recently concluded my month-long residential fellowship at the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Institute of Advanced Studies. During my stay, I delivered two seminars: 1) localizing flood resilience in Southeast Asia, 2)patchwork ethnography. Recorded lecture here: youtu.be/rQXRxdbS_1o

Dr Maria Carinnes Alejandria - Localizing Resilience in Urban Communities in Southeast Asia...

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS

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Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete @kzcanete.bsky.social · Mar 3

We're excited to announce the publication of our special issue: 'Advancing Reflexive, Creative and Critical Research Methodologies in Disaster Studies'! This collection challenges conventional approaches, focusing on how knowledge is created in disaster studies. www.emerald.com/insight/publ...

Disaster Prevention and Management: Vol. 34 Iss. 1 | Emerald Insight

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Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete @kzcanete.bsky.social · Mar 3

A huge thank you to my incredible co-editors, @carinalejandria.bsky.social and Kirstin Kreyscher. We also extend our gratitude to all contributors and reviewers for their invaluable work. And to @eraju.bsky.social , @jcgaillard.bsky.social of Disaster Prevention and Management for their support.

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 17

Our students can enroll in Undergraduate Research Opportunities where they work with their professors on active research projects. These ladies are keen on getting trained to do fieldwork and coding for disaster research. Today, I am training them to use @maxqda
@ubdbuzz.bsky.social

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thank you to my family for being my hands in preparing the packages & my collaborators who defied the threats of flooding to deliver this aid.
To agencies, please check on the homes in Tanedo Subdivision & the households in the opposite village.
#palawanflood #tulongnamayplano

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 11

Our package will not cover their needs for a long time but we hope that it could bridge their needs up to when support from government and other established humanitarian organizations would come.

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 11

Our research team sent food relief packages to our community partners in Irawan, Puerto Princesa. We were just speaking with them about their experiences on flooding back in January.

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 9

The community we engaged with in the Philippines is experiencing flooding again. My parents also reported that our house has been affected. Flooding in Palawan has become a constant occurrence, which is in stark contrast to my childhood when I had zero experience of flooding.

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 2

1000 words for tonight. Happy to get this internal validation that my brain fog is not as bad anymore.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Feb 1

NEW: USAID source says staff are scrambling to save archived copies of US regulations before they're gone & are being actively locked out of systems, including a publicly available database of USAID documents.

WIRED has built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains.

US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time

A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Feb 2

Received the beautiful news that the chapter we proposed tentatively titled Human Security and the Ethics of Care in Researching Place and Identity was accepted for a collection. This is one of those papers that I will truly enjoy writing. 💜

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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @lancetcountdown.bsky.social · Jan 10

Out now: First comprehensive study on health and climate change in Small Island Developing States

Register now to join the launch event ⬇️
📆 6 February 2025
⏰ 16:30 EST (Jamaica)

lancetcountdown.org/news/out-now...

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 30

My Linkedin is full of “open to work” notices from furloughed humanitarian and development workers both from the US and back home in the Philippines. What a set back for humanity!

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 29

link to the call for paper: www.springeropen.com/collections/...

Emerging Methods in Civilian-Military Humanitarian Studies

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 29

Our Call for Papers for the Special Issue on Emerging Methods in Civil-Military Humanitarian Studies in the Journal of International Humanitarian Action will close on March 31, 2025. We invite submissions exploring research methodologies applied in humanitarian studies.

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 28

Our Special Issue on Enhancing Climate-Resilient Development in Emerging Asian Regions: Achievements, Progress and Potential for the Environmental Science and Policy Journal is now open for submissions. Deadline is on September 30, 2025. Details www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 28

Thanks for this initiative. Im working on climate adaptation in urban communities in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Would love to be added.

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Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete @kzcanete.bsky.social · Jan 27

The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre is excited to announce its two new podcast channels which will host 'The Good Humanitarian'. Go ahead and give us a follow to not miss out!

Did you miss the trailer to season 1? You can now listen on:
1️⃣ Apple Podcasts: edu.nl/xxetw
2️⃣ Spotify: edu.nl/npbd9

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Jan 26

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf

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Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 26

These are not just objects. They are pieces of the human spirit, imbued with memory and meaning. They remind us that disasters do more than disrupt—they leave behind stories, etched in the things we hold onto.

#FloodResilience #BIMPEAGA #StoriesOfHope #sociallifeofthings

Carin Alejandria @carinalejandria.bsky.social · Jan 26

And in the Philippines, a metal basin lies tucked away, its edges still worn from that night. It floated to a man who was saving strangers while his own family waited for help. He keeps it not as a tool, but as a witness—a memento of a moment when he chose others over himself.

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