Sword-Daniels, V;
Eriksen, C;
Hudson-Doyle, EE;
Alaniz, R;
Adler, C;
Schenk, T;
Vallance, S;
(2016)
Embodied uncertainty: living with complexity and natural hazards.
Journal of Risk Research
, 21
(3)
pp. 290-307.
10.1080/13669877.2016.1200659.
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Abstract
In this paper, we examine the concept of embodied uncertainty by exploring multiple dimensions of uncertainty in the context of risks associated with extreme natural hazards. We highlight a need for greater recognition, particularly by disaster management and response agencies, of uncertainty as a subjective experience for those living at risk. Embodied uncertainty is distinguished from objective uncertainty by the nature of its internalisation at the individual level, where it is subjective, felt and directly experienced. This approach provides a conceptual pathway that sharpens knowledge of the processes that shape how individuals and communities interpret and contextualise risk. The ways in which individual characteristics, social identities and lived experiences shape interpretations of risk are explored by considering embodied uncertainty in four contexts: social identities and trauma, the co-production of knowledge, institutional structures and policy and long-term lived experiences. We conclude by outlining the opportunities that this approach presents, and provide recommendations for further research on how the concept of embodied uncertainty can aid decision-making and the management of risks in the context of extreme natural hazards.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Embodied uncertainty: living with complexity and natural hazards |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13669877.2016.1200659 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1200659 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Permission is granted subject to the terms of the License under which the work was published. Please check the License conditions for the work which you wish to reuse. Full and appropriate attribution must be given. This permission does not cover any third party copyrighted material which may appear in the work requested. |
| Keywords: | Disaster, embodied uncertainty, emergency management, knowledge co-production, risk interpretation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503524 |
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