Disasters: the Stories We Share

Abstract

How do community-based and media-based narratives of disaster differ and how do these presentations affect communities and civic response? To answer this question, our project encourages and supports communities in sharing their collective memory. This is accomplished through creating a customizable traveling exhibit, providing the additional opportunity to build a larger narrative of experiences across the country.

Primary Team: Susanne Caro, NDSU Libraries; Jen Kirk, Utah State University Libraries; Ben Chiewphasa, Columbia University. University of Montana, Missoula: Tobin Shearer, Historian, African-American Studies; Erin Baucom, Digital Archivist; Natalie Bond, Government Information Librarian. Utah State University: Jen Kirk,* Government Information Librarian; Daniel Davis, exhibit design, photographs curator; Blair Larsen, Geoscience Education, natural disasters; Shay Larsen, Graphic Designer. North Dakota State University: Susanne Caro, Government Information Librarian; Chelsea Olmsted, Historian; Sarah Kirkpatrick, Emergency Management. Minnesota State U. Moorhead: Trista Raezer-Stursa, Archivist. Columbia University, NY: Ben Chiewphasa*, Social Sciences and Policy Librarian; Emily Schmidt, Journalism and Government Information Librarian; Kae Bara Kratcha, Social Work and Professional Studies Librarian.

Any views, findings, or recommendations expressed in this exhibit and website, do not necessarily present those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.