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The reproduction of vulnerability: the incarceration and homelessness transcript for the Disasters: Deconstructed livestream on 31 March 2022

Zulema Álvarez (Breaking Chains and Staying Connected, Houston, Texas, USA)
Tristia Bauman (National Homelessness Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
Amite Dominick (Texas Prisons Community Advocates, Fulton, Texas, USA)
Tony Messenger (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
Carlee Purdam (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA)
Jamie Vickery (Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA)

Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN: 0965-3562

Article publication date: 12 September 2023

Issue publication date: 16 October 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This conversation focuses on the reproduction of vulnerability incarceration and homelessness and presents the reflections of scholars, writers, activists and practitioners.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the 31st of March 2022.

Findings

The prominent themes in this conversation include homelessness, incarceration, stigma and marginalisation.

Originality/value

The conversation contributes to the ongoing discussions around the reproduction of vulnerability and the importance of understanding its root causes of disaster scholarship, practice and activism.

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Citation

Álvarez, Z., Bauman, T., Dominick, A., Messenger, T., Purdam, C. and Vickery, J. (2023), "The reproduction of vulnerability: the incarceration and homelessness transcript for the Disasters: Deconstructed livestream on 31 March 2022", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 32 No. 3, pp. 432-442. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-01-2023-0004

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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