Abstract
This paper considers some of the ways in which ‘ordinary people’ respond to extraordinary events, be they local crises or far-reaching disasters. Although primarily an exploration of responses generated by the author’s own local community to Canberra’s 1997 hospital implosion and 2003 bushfires, it takes some account of the responses of others to the 2002 Bali bombing and the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre, where those responses, despite the qualitative differences in the crises that prompted them, resonate with the local experience.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Altitude |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Canberra, A.C.T.
- bombings
- bushfires
- communities
- disasters