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The neighbours of Santa Olga

Cassidy Johnson

Moderator

date November 6, 2024 | 12:45 - 13:30
place
Urban Cinema
organization
University College London
country
United Kingdom
Reference: 
UC 12
WUF12

Objectives

The film invites to reflect on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. Survivors of the 2017 Santa Olga fire lost everything. Seven years later, elder citizens share their perspectives on what this process has meant to them, highlighting the power of community and social fabric to sustain recovery and “bouncing forwards”.
By emphasising community, the film invites to reflect about disaster recovery and reconstruction policies centred on objective, quantitative indicators that not always prioritise emotional wellbeing and spaces for communal life. Through a focus on elder citizens, blanket approaches are questioned, showing the need for policies and processes tailored to different socio-demographic groups and their lifecycle stages.
The film provides means for survivors to share their stories, hoping their experience serves as example and lesson to improve disaster preparedness and risk reduction.

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Felipe Rivera
Dr
University College London
Ms. Amanda Rivera
Ms
Filmmaker