Browsing by Autor "Gonzalo Lizarralde"

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Beyond fear: The role of emotions in disaster risk reduction in the face of climate change
(Elsevier BV, 2024) Gonzalo Lizarralde; Steffen Lajoie; Kevin Gould; Claudio Araneda; Ilian Cruz-Panesso; Julia Helena Díaz; Elsa Monsalve; Roberto Burdiles; Benjamín Herazo; Holmes Páez
Most studies and policy in disaster risk reduction have focused on either what people lack (their vulnerability or their capacities to deal with risk (their resilience). Few studies and decision-making processes have focused on the role of emotions in informal urban settings. However, the results of a four-year study including interviews, three international workshops, and 24 community-led initiatives of risk reduction in Cuba, Colombia, and Chile, shows that emotions play a fundamental role in the design and planning of grassroots initiatives. Anxiety, pride, anger, uncertainty, and awe are crucial in risk-related agency. These emotions help building leadership and engagement and are decisive in establishing empathy, trust, and legitimacy—all which constitute the basis for change towards social and environmental justice. Phenomenology can help address connections between emotions, agency, and space. To succeed, risk response frameworks must recognize the interplay between emotions, behaviors, and politics. • Emotions can be triggers of positive and meaningful political action in the building of disaster risk reduction strategies. • Fear, pride, anger, awe, anxiety, and uncertainty are emotions leading to the construction of democratic dialogues. • In the context of fragile democracies, activists use emotions not only to transfer information but also to influence others. • Activists mobilize emotions to achieve key aspects of disaster risk reduction, such as legitimacy, trust, and empathy.
El rol de las alianzas sociales en el proceso de reconstrucción en Salgar, Colombia
(Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador, 2022) Julia Helena Díaz Ramírez; Holmes Julián Páez Martínez; Gonzalo Lizarralde; Benjamín Herazo
Después del desastre ocurrido en Salgar, Colombia, en 2015, la estructura de gobernanza, basada en la corresponsabilidad entre actores públicos, privados y sin ánimo de lucro, jugó un rol central en el proceso de reconstrucción. En esta investigación se analizan tres aspectos de dichas alianzas, identificados a partir de la teoría, y su papel en la creación del beneficio colectivo. Se emplean métodos cualitativos de enfoque exploratorio e interpretativo para analizar fuentes primarias y secundarias. Se encuentra que, en Salgar, las alianzas entre organizaciones de los tres sectores permitieron: (a) gestionar la incertidumbre primaria y los comportamientos oportunistas, (b) legitimar las acciones de respuesta al desastre y (c) construir confianza para la acción social. Estos resultados sugieren que la participación de organizaciones privadas y sin ánimo de lucro alrededor de un acuerdo de corresponsabilidades permite una mejor respuesta en situaciones de desastre, y una mejor gestión conjunta con las organizaciones estatales. Las alianzas sociales en procesos de reconstrucción favorecen el manejo de recursos escasos, la coordinación de actores y facilitan la construcción de confianza con la comunidad para la acción social. Abstract After a disaster partially destroyed the city of Salgar (Colombia) in 2015, a governance structure based on co-responsibility between public, private, and non-profit stakeholders was key in the reconstruction process. Three aspects of these alliances, identified from the theory, and their role in the construction of the common good are analyzed. Qualitative methods are applied, with an exploratory and interpretive approach to analyze both primary and secondary sources. In Salgar, the alliances between organizations from the three sectors allowed to: (a) manage primary uncertainty, while learning about opportunistic behavior and responses to it; (b) legitimize actions during the disaster response, and (c) build trust among stakeholders. The results suggest that the participation of organizations from the three sectors around an agreement of co-responsibilities facilitates both response in disaster situations and joint management with public organizations. Therefore, social alliances in reconstruction processes facilitate the management of scarce resources, stakeholder coordination, and the establishment of trust between beneficiaries and institutions.