Comments on: Conference on Disasters http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/ An ARC Collaboration Thu, 20 May 2010 03:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: scollier http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-6029 scollier Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:29:47 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/#comment-6029 I know, the program is great. When it was announced a couple months ago the students in my program (international affairs) somehow decided that it was the right occasion to complain about gender bias in the selection of conference speakers (the irony in part that the organizer of the conference was a woman, but whatever). You might imagine that my protestations that actually it was a pretty good lineup if one was actually interested in disasters and response in the US didn't go so far. I did think it would have been nice if there was more international orientation. Michel-Kerjan, by the way, is also one of the big names in cat modeling. I know, the program is great.

When it was announced a couple months ago the students in my program (international affairs) somehow decided that it was the right occasion to complain about gender bias in the selection of conference speakers (the irony in part that the organizer of the conference was a woman, but whatever). You might imagine that my protestations that actually it was a pretty good lineup if one was actually interested in disasters and response in the US didn’t go so far.

I did think it would have been nice if there was more international orientation.

Michel-Kerjan, by the way, is also one of the big names in cat modeling.

]]> By: Carlo Caduff http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-6028 Carlo Caduff Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:03:16 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/#comment-6028 ... as well as the grand old man of disaster studies, Enrico Quarantelli. … as well as the grand old man of disaster studies, Enrico Quarantelli.

]]> By: alakoff http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 alakoff Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:42:57 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/#comment-6018 Better postpone that wax. Your man Howard ("The King of Risk Assessment") Kunreuther is going to be there. Better postpone that wax. Your man Howard (“The King of Risk Assessment”) Kunreuther is going to be there.

]]> By: scollier http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5998 scollier Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:57:05 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/#comment-5998 I have a wax that day. Can't make it. I have a wax that day. Can’t make it.

]]> By: Carlo Caduff http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5996 Carlo Caduff Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:28:43 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/#comment-5996 I will attend... I will attend…

]]> By: alakoff http://72.10.34.174/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5991 alakoff Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:09:51 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/2007/10/conference-on-disasters/#comment-5991 This looks terrific. Is there anyone around who works somewhere near the New School who might be able to attend? This looks terrific. Is there anyone around who works somewhere near the New School who might be able to attend?

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