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This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner's contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development, and sustainability.
This festschrift for Ben, and so The Benschrift, revitalises, promotes, and critiques a selection of six foundational articles that span Ben's 50-year career. Each article is reproduced integrally and followed by a commentary by an expert in the field and a response from Ben. As a result, this book not only introduces a lifetime's work to the latest generation of researchers; it also contributes a meaningful dialogue across decades of scholarship, expressing contemporary reflections alongside the understanding of how to engage with and improve past research. Two fundamental truths stand out: the value of local knowledge and the necessity of seeking root causes and radical solutions.
This book is an essential read for students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested in the development and evolution of disaster scholarship, political ecology, development and sustainability studies.
Contents
1. Keep Truckin': My Life As Clown, Philosopher, Activist And Radical Geographer 2. Analogies Of Vietnam In East Africa Village Life 3. The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times: Two Commentaries On Wisner's 'Analogies Of Vietnam In East African Village Life' 4. Ben's Response To David Stea And Kristina Peterson's Commentaries: Mental Gymnastics And Boots On The Ground 5. Global Systems And Local Disasters: The Untapped Power Of People's Science 6. Reflection On 'Global Systems And Local Disasters: The Untapped Power Of Peoples' Science' 7. Ben's Response To Jake Cadag's Commentary: The Untapped Power Of Peoples' Science 8. Nutritional Consequences Of The Articulation Of Capitalist And Non-Capitalist Modes Of Production In Eastern Kenya 9. Nutrition And Post-Colonial Change In Eastern Kenya 10. Ben's Response To Terry Gibson's Commentary: Nutrition And Post-Colonial Change In Eastern Kenya 11. Disaster Vulnerability: Scale, Power And Daily Life 12. Revisiting The Past To Think About Our Roles As Scholars, Practitioners And Activists: The Importance Of 'Disaster Vulnerability: Scale, Power, And Daily Life' 13. Ben's Response To Victor Marchezini's Commentary: Daily Life (The Universe And Everything?) 14. Assessment Of Capability And Vulnerability 15. (Re)Assessing Capacity And Vulnerability 16. Ben's Response To Mihir Bhatt's Commentary 17. Speaking Truth To Power: A Personal Account Of Activist Political Ecology 18. Reflection On 'Speaking Truth To Power' 19. Ben's Response To Ksenia Chmutina's Commentary: More Thoughts On Truths And Powers - Angry, Anchored Versus Relative And Blasé 20. Book Review Forum: Spatial Histories Of Radical Geography: North America And Beyond 21. Some Political Undercurrents In Ben Wisner's Review Of Spatial Histories Of Radical Geography 22. Ben's Response To Salvadore Engel-Di Mauro's Commentary: Speaking To The Next Few Generations 23. Postscript: Letter To The Young
