Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Seeing ‘the dark passenger’ – reflections on the emotional trauma of conducting post-disaster research
Published 2015-11-01This paper acknowledges '. the [my] dark passenger' of emotional vicarious trauma associated with conducting post-disaster research. Post-disaster research is tightly bounded by ethics and professional codes of conduct ...Open AccessArticle -
Queering disasters: on the need to account for LGBTI experiences in natural disaster contexts
Published 2014-01-01This article seeks a queering of research and policy in relation to natural disasters, their human impacts, management and response. The human impacts of natural disasters vary across different social groups. We contend ...Open AccessArticle -
'The greatest loss was a loss of our history': natural disasters, marginalised identities and sites of memory
Published 2016-11-16This paper examines intersections between space, materiality, memory and identity in relation to lesbian and gay experiences of recent disasters in Australia. Drawing on interviews with lesbians and gay men in two disaster ...Open AccessArticle -
Problems and possibilities on the margins: LGBT experiences in the 2011 Queensland floods
Published 2017-01-02Vulnerability to disasters is not inherent to particular social groups but results from existing marginality. Marginalisation from social, political and economic resources and recognition underpins vulnerability and impedes ...Open AccessArticle -
Listening and learning: giving voice to trans experiences of disasters
Published 2018-02-01This article gives voice to trans experiences of disasters, investigating their specific vulnerabilities and resilient capacities. We draw on findings from a project on lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) experiences ...Open AccessArticle