Classroom sem	This is mandatory session. Students that do not attend will need to submit a replacement assignment.
Date, time	18 Feb, 10:15 - 12:00
Location	ALC seminarieparken
Teacher	Bart Klem
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Reading	Choose ONE of the following two options: Read (part of) this book: Eggers, Dave (2009) Zeitoun. San Francisco: McSweeney’s. I advise to read Part I and II (pp. 13-180), or more if you find it gripping. It's really Part II (and III) that matter most to our discussion, but reading Part will give you necessary context. It may seem like a lot, but pages are small and this book reads like a novel. I really recommend it. Read the following two chapters from this edited volume: Squires, Chester and Gregory Hartman (2006) "Pre-Katrina, post-Katrina", in Chester Squires and Gregory Hartman (eds) There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina, pp. 1-11. London: Routledge. Powell, John, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Daniel Newhart and Eric Stiens (2006) "Towards a Transformative View of Race: The Crisis and Opportunity of Katrina", in Chester Squires and Gregory Hartman (eds) There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina, pp. 59-84. London: Routledge.
Preparation	For your in-class submission, please answer the following questions: For option 1 (Eggers): Describe the key events that happen in part I and II of the book. What insight do we gain from this narrative of one person about the dynamics of natural disasters? For option 2 (Squires & Hartman): What are the main issues that Squires & Hartman (ch 1) raise about Katrina? How does race factor into Katrina's dynamics (ch 4)?

In this class we build on yesterday's discussion, by turning to the case of the Katrina hurricane (which has a transformative impact on disaster discourse) and other examples.