Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka

FAIN: FEL-288972-23

Vivian Yoonhyong Choi
St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN 55057-1574)

Writing and revisions leading to a book that examines the social, political, and technological intersections between natural disaster and civil war in Sri Lanka.

Completion of a book manuscript and two articles examining the intersection of two disasters: the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka. The writing provides timely analyses of the experiences and management of disasters and is relevant to broader issues in Environmental Humanities, Critical Disaster Studies, and South Asian Studies.