00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862196949 Buklod 20200905191331.0 g||| | || || ta 200905s2016 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00037796911 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-053 Aguilar, Filomeno V. Jr. author. Disasters as contingent events volcanic eruptions, state advisories, and public participation in the twentieth-century Philippines Filomeno V. Jr. Aguilar. 2016. pages [593]-624 table 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-624). By revisiting the eruptions of Taal in 1911, Hibok-Hibok in 1951, and Pinatubo in 1991, this article interrogates Greg Bankoff?s argument that ?cultures of disaster? in the Philippines produce ?coping mechanisms? manifested in public apathy and the state?s failure at mitigation. It argues for historical contingency as illustrated by the relative success at disaster mitigation in Pinatubo?s case, despite extreme challenges. It highlights the warning system in which the Aeta who lived on Mount Pinatubo, along with volcanologists and other key actors, played crucial roles. The Aeta?s nonscientific perspective was not an obstacle to understanding risks and taking defensive action. Volcanic eruptions. Hazard mitigation. Disasters Study and teaching. Emergency housing Government policy. Taal Volcano (Batangas) Eruption, 1911 . Mount Hibok-Hibok (Camiguin) Eruption, 1951. Mount Pinatubo (Tarlac) Eruption, 1991. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 64, Nos. 3-4 (September 2016-December 2016), p. 593-624. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 Available for the University of the Philippines Baguio via Project Muse. (viewed 08 September 2020) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-053 Analytics