Scott Gabriel Knowles
@usofdisaster.bsky.social
Disasters are slow.
Northeastern University. Co-editor Journal of Disaster Studies. @jds-disasters.bsky.social
(artwork by Gonzalo Bacigalupe)
Northeastern University. Co-editor Journal of Disaster Studies. @jds-disasters.bsky.social
(artwork by Gonzalo Bacigalupe)
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
September 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
@usofdisaster.bsky.social at the @hazcenter.bsky.social workshop!
July 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@usofdisaster.bsky.social at the @hazcenter.bsky.social workshop!
Democracy is alive!!
a close up of a korean flag with a red blue and white circle in the middle
ALT: a close up of a korean flag with a red blue and white circle in the middle
media.tenor.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Democracy is alive!!
In case you don't know her work, be sure to catch the Disasterology newsletter by @samlmontano.bsky.social
Disasterology: February 2025
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In case you don't know her work, be sure to catch the Disasterology newsletter by @samlmontano.bsky.social
Education for Disaster Justice--open access article available now! Please read, share, and send me feedback--always looking for new Disaster Haggyo ideas!
Education for Disaster Justice - Science & Education
Disasters reveal injustice in society; disasters create new injustices. These two intertwined ideas were the inspiration for an action research project, the first Disaster Haggyo, held across multiple...
link.springer.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Education for Disaster Justice--open access article available now! Please read, share, and send me feedback--always looking for new Disaster Haggyo ideas!
Buffalo Creek was a foundational event in disaster studies thanks to Kai Erikson's research. If only every disaster had a Kai Erikson we would live in a safer world today.
www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/a...
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Buffalo Creek was a foundational event in disaster studies thanks to Kai Erikson's research. If only every disaster had a Kai Erikson we would live in a safer world today.
www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/a...
Disaster as policy option.
February 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Disaster as policy option.
When we say disasters aren’t natural this . . .
Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees were fired as part of a wave of terminations of federal workers over the weekend. The cuts, which come in addition to the firing of over 200 last week, target probationary and contract employees.
FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response.
Cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency could affect people across the country who are struggling to rebuild and prepare for disasters.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
When we say disasters aren’t natural this . . .
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Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
2025 University Faculty Lecture
A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations
www.washington.edu
February 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
psst . . . Slow Disaster podcast is coming soon . . .
February 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
psst . . . Slow Disaster podcast is coming soon . . .
TONIGHT! 7pm eastern time. Join an open forum on Disaster Research & Emergency Management hosted by DRJ.
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
It's a chance to talk about shared concerns among disaster researchers+emergency managers. Meeting link available upon request. @samlmontano.bsky.social
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
It's a chance to talk about shared concerns among disaster researchers+emergency managers. Meeting link available upon request. @samlmontano.bsky.social
Disaster Researchers for Justice
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
TONIGHT! 7pm eastern time. Join an open forum on Disaster Research & Emergency Management hosted by DRJ.
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
It's a chance to talk about shared concerns among disaster researchers+emergency managers. Meeting link available upon request. @samlmontano.bsky.social
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
It's a chance to talk about shared concerns among disaster researchers+emergency managers. Meeting link available upon request. @samlmontano.bsky.social
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
Trump's NIH policy is a $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/b...
‘A $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy’: Auchincloss fires back at NIH funding cuts - The Boston Globe
Representative Jake Auchincloss said Monday that he will try building congressional support this week to exert pressure on the National Institutes of Health to halt its new policy associated with rese...
www.bostonglobe.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump's NIH policy is a $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/b...
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
🚨We’ll be having a Disaster Researchers for Justice meeting Thursday to discuss *gestures around*.
Practitioners, journalists, students, and others who do disaster work are also welcome to join.
Message Scott for info. #GreySky
Practitioners, journalists, students, and others who do disaster work are also welcome to join.
Message Scott for info. #GreySky
Please join:
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.
Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.
Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social
Disaster Researchers for Justice
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🚨We’ll be having a Disaster Researchers for Justice meeting Thursday to discuss *gestures around*.
Practitioners, journalists, students, and others who do disaster work are also welcome to join.
Message Scott for info. #GreySky
Practitioners, journalists, students, and others who do disaster work are also welcome to join.
Message Scott for info. #GreySky
Please join:
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.
Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.
Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social
Disaster Researchers for Justice
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Please join:
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.
Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.
Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
We are delighted to announce the publication of volume 1, issue 2 of the Journal of Disaster Studies, published by @pennpress.bsky.social! This issue includes a wide array of articles and other scholarly content (see the TOC in the thread below), all in open access: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211
Project MUSE - Journal of Disaster Studies-Volume 1, Number 2, 2024
muse.jhu.edu
February 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We are delighted to announce the publication of volume 1, issue 2 of the Journal of Disaster Studies, published by @pennpress.bsky.social! This issue includes a wide array of articles and other scholarly content (see the TOC in the thread below), all in open access: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211
The historians will remain.
February 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The historians will remain.
Democracy in action, Franklin, MA. Town hall with @repauchincloss.bsky.social. People ran to the mics.
February 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Democracy in action, Franklin, MA. Town hall with @repauchincloss.bsky.social. People ran to the mics.
NEW article alert from @jds-disasters.bsky.social:
"Trust, Traffic, & Contemporary Evacuation Barriers in Hurricane Ida" by Jennifer Trivedi, Sarah DeYoung, Prosper Anyidoho, Maria Porada, Tricia Wachtendorf, Rachel Davidson, Linda Nozick. @danielaldrich.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
"Trust, Traffic, & Contemporary Evacuation Barriers in Hurricane Ida" by Jennifer Trivedi, Sarah DeYoung, Prosper Anyidoho, Maria Porada, Tricia Wachtendorf, Rachel Davidson, Linda Nozick. @danielaldrich.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Project MUSE - Trust, Traffic, and Contemporary Evacuation Barriers in Hurricane Ida
muse.jhu.edu
February 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW article alert from @jds-disasters.bsky.social:
"Trust, Traffic, & Contemporary Evacuation Barriers in Hurricane Ida" by Jennifer Trivedi, Sarah DeYoung, Prosper Anyidoho, Maria Porada, Tricia Wachtendorf, Rachel Davidson, Linda Nozick. @danielaldrich.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
"Trust, Traffic, & Contemporary Evacuation Barriers in Hurricane Ida" by Jennifer Trivedi, Sarah DeYoung, Prosper Anyidoho, Maria Porada, Tricia Wachtendorf, Rachel Davidson, Linda Nozick. @danielaldrich.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Now more than ever you need it . . . Get your fresh disaster research! Journal of Disaster Studies Issue 2 is now live and open access. Please read and share.
research! @jds-disasters.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/journal/886
research! @jds-disasters.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/journal/886
Project MUSE - Journal of Disaster Studies
muse.jhu.edu
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Now more than ever you need it . . . Get your fresh disaster research! Journal of Disaster Studies Issue 2 is now live and open access. Please read and share.
research! @jds-disasters.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/journal/886
research! @jds-disasters.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/journal/886
Next week I will hold an online open forum for people who want to talk about FEMA and the future of emergency management in the USA. I know organization is happening at many levels. Contact me if you are interested. @samlmontano.bsky.social @danielaldrich.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Next week I will hold an online open forum for people who want to talk about FEMA and the future of emergency management in the USA. I know organization is happening at many levels. Contact me if you are interested. @samlmontano.bsky.social @danielaldrich.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social
FEMA disappearing will impact every community in America. Suicidal move. And totally predictable.
February 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
FEMA disappearing will impact every community in America. Suicidal move. And totally predictable.
And when a major disaster inevitably occurs . . .
February 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
And when a major disaster inevitably occurs . . .
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
"Can [memorials] accommodate what can't be fully remembered or known bc of the absence of evidence or... silences in the archives? Perhaps one way to address these absences, as... Mabel O. Wilson will explore, is thru diff modes of provisional mark making, materialities, + sensorial experiences."
Unknown, Unknown: Provisional Architectures of Memory – A Lecture by Mabel O. Wilson
At a moment when liberated citizens topple monuments erected to the power of despots and dictators abroad or when communities decide that monuments glorifying Confederate leaders, officers, […]
www.pratt.edu
January 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Can [memorials] accommodate what can't be fully remembered or known bc of the absence of evidence or... silences in the archives? Perhaps one way to address these absences, as... Mabel O. Wilson will explore, is thru diff modes of provisional mark making, materialities, + sensorial experiences."
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 2022, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social visited Holocaust monuments across Germany to see how the country memorializes the sins of its history—and what America can learn about atonement. theatln.tc/yofyQRA4
January 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 2022, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social visited Holocaust monuments across Germany to see how the country memorializes the sins of its history—and what America can learn about atonement. theatln.tc/yofyQRA4
Reposted by Scott Gabriel Knowles
Thinking about how when I asked the FEMA leadership panel at the IAEM conference in November what they recommended state and local emergency management agencies should do to prepare for the potential loss of FEMA funding I was dismissed out of hand.
January 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thinking about how when I asked the FEMA leadership panel at the IAEM conference in November what they recommended state and local emergency management agencies should do to prepare for the potential loss of FEMA funding I was dismissed out of hand.