[Sci-tech-public] copy of book available for October 5th Brown Bag Lunch Discussion

[Debbie Meinbresse]

Hello. One copy of Klinenberg's Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of
Disaster in Chicago and one set of the reviews are available in
the STS main office.

Debbie


>>How Can Academics Respond to Katrina?
>>A Brown Bag Lunch Discussion of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of
>>Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg (U. Chicago Press, 2002) led by
>>Mike Fischer, Hugh Gusterson, and David Jones.
>>
>>DATE:           Wednesday, October 5, 2005
>>TIME:           12:00 - 1:30
>>LOCATION:       E51-095
>>
>>Natural disasters and their consequences raise many questions that
>>need (or at least would benefit from) STS perspectives.  As we all
>>struggle to figure out how to respond to Katrina, Hugh, Mike, and I
>>thought it might be useful to get together to discuss an excellent
>>book that provides a possible model for analysis.  In 1995 a heat
>>wave struck Chicago, leaving roughly 700 people dead.  The patterns
>>of mortality bear striking similarities to New Orleans: largely
>>black, marginalized, elderly, in poor neighborhoods, often public
>>housing, with no one to turn to for help; their plight was the
>>outcome of decades of misguided urban policy and urban mismanagement,
>>etc.  Sociologist Eric Klinenberg published an analysis, a "social
>>autopsy" of this "natural" disaster: _Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of
>>Disaster in Chicago_ (U. Chicago Press, 2002).
>>
>>We will get together to discuss this book in a brown bag lunch,
>>Wednesday, October 5, 12-1:30, room E51-095.
>>
>>The book was extensively and controversially reviewed.  For one
>>interesting set (available via Proquest), see the reviews in
>>_Contemporary Sociology_, March 2004, pp. 137-156, and his angry
>>response in the September issue, pp. 521-528.
>>
>>For anyone interested who can't get their hands on a book, or don't
>>have time to read the whole thing, see Klinenberg, "Denaturalizing
>>Disaster: A Social Autopsy of the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave," _Theory
>>and Society_ 28 (April 1999): 239-295, available via MIT e-resources.
>>
>>And for people REALLY interested, he was interviewed on All Things
>>Considered on 14 August 2003, and on Fresh Air (but not by Terry
>>Gross) on 15 August 2002.
>>
>>Hope to see you there!  Feel free to bring your lunch; we'll provide 
>>coffee and dessert.
>>
>>David Jones
>>
>>Debbie Meinbresse
>>STS Program, MIT
>>617-452-2390
>
>Debbie Meinbresse
>STS Program, MIT
>617-452-2390

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390 
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