The Uses of Survival: Response to The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change

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Response discusses knowledge and survival perspectives in disasters, suggesting a phenomenological approach to natural disasters.

Critiquing disaster imaginaries reveals that human construction leads to perceived natural disasters, emphasizing citation from Audre Lorde's work.
The response aligns with disaster sociology, linking notions of survival with human experiences underlined by feminist epistemology.
By understanding survival through a phenomenological lens, implications for disaster response and societal change can be better addressed.
This perspective challenges traditional narratives, suggesting that human factors shape our understanding of disasters and survival contexts.

Andrea Dionne Warmack (2025) studied this question.

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