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Questions:
1.
Farmer posits that “knowledge of suffering cannot be conveyed in pure facts and fi gures," this belief is evident in his usage of interviews to detail the concept of
suffering to the reader. However, in using victim’s accounts and stories, is there a chance of objectifying and reducing an individual to only exist within the realm
of their own suffering, purely for us to understand? Additionally, is there a risk of desentizing the audience we wish to reach given the social distance between our
own situations vs the victims? Are there other measures to communicate suffering?
2.
Farmer also states, “not all suffering is equal,” considering this, how do we classify who suffers more over another, who suffers the most? Does who we defi ne as
suffering bias or skew development efforts for aid to one community, when someone else might be more deserving? After we identify who suffers, what can we do
to stop it, or if a person’s suffering is a product of several life decisions/lack of decisions is there a specifi c point we must intervene before it is too late?
3.
Reflecting on our personal research experiences, has there been an instance in the fi eld where we initially considered an aspect as “naturally” occurring (ex lack of
water, health, sanitation, hunger, distance to access resources etc) but can now consider the different social, political, and economic factors that shaped this
phenomena? Additionally, efforts of development and reconstruction in disaster ridden areas can further promote inequality within a society (ex green zone vs red
zone). Keeping in mind our own privilege and position within our perspective areas of study, what can we do or keep in mind when we visit these places, how can
we ensure to not promote inequality as done in the past?
4.
When questioning why Katrina victims were denied the right to security, safety, and voice, Tierney states, “vigorous state action is impossible in which government
can no longer provide needed assistance except through the for-profi t sector.” If state action is restricted by the existence of the disaster-capitalism complex, what
efforts can we take to counteract this limitation? Should we disregard the complex entirely and adopt alternative (ex socialist) ways of thinking?
5.
Considering the belief that an economy thrives in times of social despair as stated by Klein, how might covid-19, arguably one of the biggest global disasters, fall
into this claim? Drawing additional connections, given the fact that resilience is currently categorized as the sole responsibility of the individual, how are people
staying resilient now, what does being resilient truly mean? In the past resilience appears to be synonymous with bringing economic prosperity, is there a way to
redefi ne resilience outside of a capitalistic meaning during a disaster?
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