This is the end-of-project dissemination seminar for the ANTICIPATE project where we will present findings from our work in Western India.
Changing rainfall patterns caused by climate change can increase the severity and frequency of both droughts and floods. This is a cause for concern when these historically new patterns occur in drought-prone areas where these events become increasingly co-located. By co-located hazards, we refer to the incidence of closely timed or concurrent extreme weather events, especially in contexts with limited or no prior record of occurrence. In this seminar, the team will discuss this idea of co-location concerning compound extremes building on interdisciplinary scholarship. In particular, we unpack the social construction of extremes (how they are understood and experienced by various actors), and their temporal and spatial co-location with other systemic drivers of vulnerability.
Drawing on ethnographic insights, visual methods, design practice and atmospheric modelling, the seminar unpacks different dimensions of compound extremes, their cascading impacts and how communities prepare for these ‘episodes’ as they intersect with their social and material worlds. The seminar will highlight the need for a socially inclusive view of preparedness that centres the experiences and perspectives of local communities on the frontline.
The seminar will be followed by an in-person exhibition. 15:00-16:00
Speakers
- Shilpi Srivastava (Institute of Development Studies, UK)
- Megha Sheth (Research Officer, ANTICIPATE project)
- Vinitha Bachina (Research Officer, ANTICIPATE project)
- Lyla Mehta (Institute of Development Studies, UK)
- Tom Ainsworth (University of Brighton)
- Mihir R Bhatt (All India Disaster Mitigation Institute-Ahmedabad)
- Shibaji Bose (Visual methods consultant)
- Krishna AchutaRao (Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (Pre-Recorded)
Chair
Lars Otto Naess (Institute of Development Studies, UK)
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