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Not on earthquakes, but contact Karen Holmes ([log in to unmask])
whose research is on volcanos in central America.
Nan Rothschild
Quoting Marcy Rockman <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear all,
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> I'm writing to ask for your assistance in locating information about
> earthquake knowledge and traditional preparedness in Haiti
> specifically and the Caribbean in general.
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> Bit of background: I'm currently on a fellowship with the EPA
> National Homeland Security Research Center in Washington, DC and so
> am part of the disaster preparedness and response community (note:
> by training, I'm a landscape archaeologist with background in both
> Palaeolithic and historical-period colonization and related
> development of environmental information; my role as a Fellow is to
> build their social science program with emphasis on risk
> communication and public perception of environmental hazards).
> Discussion here is now growing about how to not just rebuild Haiti,
> but encourage and enable redevelopment of earthquake-resilient
> structures and communities.
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> I'm curious to know if there is any history of research and
> literature on written or oral history about earthquakes in Haiti
> and/or traditional practices that may have assisted with survival or
> accommodation of previous (even if lower magnitude) earthquakes in
> the past. While recent development in the Port-au-Prince area
> clearly was not designed with earthquakes in mind and links to
> previous practices may be broken, identification and recognition of
> previous earthquake heritage may make the sustainable reconstruction
> efforts more effective.
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> I currently have very little background in Caribbean archaeology and
> ethnography and time is short, so will be grateful for any
> suggestions. Please feel free to reply off-list.
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> with many thanks,
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> Marcy Rockman
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> Marcy Rockman, Ph.D., RPA
> AAAS Fellow
> EPA National Homeland Security Research Center
> 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
> Washington, DC 20460
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Nan A. Rothschild
Director of Museum Studies
Columbia University
212 854-4977
Research Professor
Barnard College
212 854-4315
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