Roundtable
Framing a new narrative
9 April 2021
What would a narrative of crisis response that encompasses both institutionalized and grassroots efforts look like?
Discussion topic
Grassroots response efforts emerge in all major disasters. Their characteristics — agility, local knowledge and resources, and the psycho-social benefits of autonomy — allow them to fill gaps institutionalized efforts cannot. They complement the advantages of top-down crisis management — economy of scale, specialized knowledge and resources, and access to greater resource pools — and both approaches are needed.
Yet, in today’s crisis management world, grassroots crisis responses are typically perceived as unusual and surprising. Lauded as heroic by the media, they are often discouraged — even denounced — by professionalized responders. So,
What would a narrative of crisis response that encompasses both institutionalized and grassroots efforts look like?
- What role should grassroots crisis response fill?
- What changes are needed to get there?
- What knowledge is needed to get there?
- What obstacles are there to getting there?
- What questions need to be asked and answered?
Attendees
Participants
- Daniel Aldrich, Professor and Director, Security and Resilience Studies Program, Northeastern University
- Duncan Shaw, Professor, University of Manchester
- Jack Harrald, Professor Emeritus, The George Washington University and Virginia Tech
- Jeongwon Jo, PhD student; supervised by John M. Carroll, Pennsylvania State University
- Miguel A. Jaller Martelo, Associate Professor, Transportation Engineering; Co–Director, Sustainable Freight Research Center, University of California, Davis
- Tiffany Knearem, PhD Student, Pennsylvania State University
Organizers
- Garett Dworman, Director of Programs, Creative Crisis Leadership
- Susanne Jul, Founder & Driving Force, Creative Crisis Leadership
- Yiyuan Jasmine Qin, Co-Founder + Director, re+connect
Moderator
- Erin Zimmerman, Associate, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Session recording
About participating
What to expect
The session will be divided into four parts: Introductions, Discussion, Review, and Wrap-up. A moderator will be on hand to deliver introductions, help keep the conversation moving, and lead the review. A notetaker will be taking notes, to which participants are welcome to contribute.
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Recording agreement
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This is a free exchange of ideas. We encourage participants to build on each others’ ideas, both during and after the discussion. Authors retain rights to materials authored after the discussion, but are expected to acknowledge the contributing role of Research Roundtable discussions and individual participants when appropriate.
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