Disaster capitalism in times of COVID-19 conversation on disasters: deconstructed on September 15, 2020
Disaster Prevention and Management
ISSN: 0965-3562
Article publication date: 10 March 2023
Issue publication date: 16 October 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This conversation presents the reflections from six international disaster scholars on how disaster capitalism manifested in very different ways in different countries, including Japan, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, India and South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the September 15, 2020.
Findings
The prominent themes in this conversation include profiteering, oppression and the politics of disasters.
Originality/value
The conversation contributes to the ongoing discussions around disaster capitalism and disaster risk creation.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Victor Marchezini acknowledges the support of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [grant No. 2018/06093–4].
Citation
Cheek, W., Gonzalez-Muzzio, C., Marchezini, V., Páez, H., Vahanvati, M. and van Niekerk, D. (2023), "Disaster capitalism in times of COVID-19 conversation on disasters: deconstructed on September 15, 2020", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 32 No. 3, pp. 418-431. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-11-2022-0232
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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