SOC 148 Lecture Notes - 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami
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Disasters/crisis both impact collectives and collectively transfix them for reasons that cohere with our definition of ce: act as landmark events. Cited as starting points, to religions, to ideologies: unify/ divide communities. They tear communities apart and make communities stronger. Ex: after 911, we were unified; could not talk about opposing america: provoke social change. Collective forces for social and political turmoil. An event (or the threat of an event) that severely disrupts the functioning of a large segment of a collective (community) so that some or all of its essential functions are disrupted, prevented, or destroyed . Disruptions can involve interactions, communications, economics, and security, especially when they occur abruptly, with little or no warning, and require spontaneous collective response(s) . The idea of community and the idea of function. Community: a community is a collective that involves a loose collection of human relations norms, emotional bonds, networks, social-institutions specific to a given locale or place .
