| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 17, 2010 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 'Munk Centre For International Studies - 1 Devonshire Place |
Debating the Headlines: A Munk School Forum
Often what gets lost in a discussion of disasters like the recent floods in Pakistan displacing nearly 20 million people is the production of vulnerability both physically and institutionally. Media coverage of this disaster has been unable to capture the variation in the vulnerability of the people and state given the diversity of social structures that exist in Pakistan. We can take this perspective on the production of vulnerability even further to discuss the way in which an uncritical media reproduces not only stereotypical depiction of hazards and disasters as natural but, in this particular case, has contributed to vulnerability by creating a particular depiction of Pakistan, its people and government. Therefore, what we propose is a critical discussion of the politics and complexity of vulnerability in Pakistan. This would imply a deeper examination of how the crisis has been handled domestically (federally and provincially), the response of the international community, and role played by the media.
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