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COLLABORATORY: VITAL SYSTEMS SECURITY

The Vital Systems Security collaboration examines how, today, security is being constituted as an object of knowledge, intervention, and political reflection. It proposes that the security of vital systems such as energy, transportation, communication and health is one norm in relationship to which security is being reproblematized. A central goal of the collaboration is to examine these issues through collective, conceptually driven inquiry that addresses rapidly developing contemporary problems.

Monthly Archives: October 2007

Broadside against the NRF — and other tidbits

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Dale A. Rose

Props to Elaine Grossman over at GSN for a fascinating story on Congressional concerns with the recently unveiled (Draft) National Response Framework. You might have to scroll down a bit to find it. We had a bit of chatter about … Continue reading →

Posted in DHS, emergency response, preparedness | 1 Comment

SoCal Fires (cont.)

Posted on October 25, 2007 by scollier
Posted in emergency response, enactment | 3 Comments

Conference on Disasters

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in conferences and talks | 6 Comments

Southern CA fires and emergency response

Posted on October 23, 2007 by alakoff
Posted in DHS, Uncategorized, emergency response, preparedness | 5 Comments

Preparedness, Transformed

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in DHS, emergency response, preparedness | Leave a comment

The Onion — Conceptual Terrorists

Posted on October 18, 2007 by scollier
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Iatrogenic Risks…

Posted on October 17, 2007 by scollier
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Flu and Financial Markets

Posted on October 8, 2007 by lfearnley
Posted in avian flu, risk | 1 Comment

biocontainment and reflexive risk

Posted on October 8, 2007 by alakoff
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Anthropologists in War Zones

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
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