ZiF-Research Group "Communicating Disaster"

Closing Conference

Dealing with the Disasters of Others

26-28 January 2012

Looking backward, thinking forward: Within the context of the closing conference, the fellows of the ZiF-Research Group Communicating Disaster will present first research outcomes of the multiple activities, events, regular working meetings and cooperations of the past research year as well as arisen open questions stimulating further research.

In addition, we are honoured to include presentations by representatives from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), from practical fields of disaster management and the industry (medical and safety technology).

The four sessions of the conference are identically equal to the four topics covering the major fields of research and discussions within the research year:

Communicating Disaster in Space and Time
Media and the Micro Order of Disaster
Technologies and Social Media for Dealing with Disasters
Organisation and Management of Disaster Communication

Keynotes will be given by Valerie November (Lausanne) and Nalaka Gunawardene (Sri Lanka).

The associated group Xperiment! (Michael Guggenheim et al., Vienna/London) will also present some results of their art project about performative disaster scenarios and coping rituals at the first evening of the conference.

The conference language will be English.

Convenors:

Jörg Bergmann (Bielefeld University)
Heike Egner (Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt)
Volker Wulf (University of Siegen)

Location:

Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)
Wellenberg 1
D - 33615 Bielefeld

Contact

For any questions concerning the contents of the conference please contact:

Marén Schorch
the scientific coordinator of the Research Group „Communicating Disaster“
Tel.: +49 (0)521 106-2776
communicating_disaster@uni-bielefeld.de

For registration and/or organizational questions please contact:

Trixi Valentin
Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)
- Conference Office -
Wellenberg 1
D - 33615 Bielefeld

Tel.: +49 (0)521 106-2769
Fax: +49 (0)521 106-6024
trixi.valentin@uni-bielefeld.de

Program*

*as at 25 January 2012.

Thursday, 26 January 2012
12:30	Welcome Coffee and Registration
	Greetings
13:00	Ulrike Davy (Bielefeld), Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research
13:15	Gerhard Sagerer (Bielefeld), Rector of Bielefeld University
	Introductory Talk
13:30	Heike Egner (Klagenfurt), Marén Schorch (Bielefeld): Communicating Disaster: Framing a New Research Program (Abstract) (Manuscript) (Presentation)
	Session 1 Communicating Disaster in Space and Time Chair: Heike Egner (Klagenfurt)
14:15	Keynote Valerie November (Lausanne): “Space Matters” – The Spatiality of Risk (Abstract)
15:00	Coffee Break with Cake
15:30	Michael Bründl (Davos): Visualization of Hazard and Risk - New Ways for Improving the Communication Between Science, Practice and Citizens (Abstract)
16:15	Dieter Neubert (Bayreuth) / Elísio Macamo (Basel): Will this Flood be Dangerous? Risk Communication and the Tension between Expert Systems and Local Knowledge in Mozambique and Germany (Abstract)
17:00	Stephen Mosley (Leeds): A Disaster in Slow Motion: The "Smoke Menace" in Urban-Industrial Britain (Abstract)
17:45	Short Break
18:00	Xperiment! (Vienna, London): Out of the Sandbox. Frederick’s Disaster Scenarios and Emergency Provisions. (Abstract)
19:00	*Conference Dinner* (ZiF Cafeteria)

Friday, 27 January 2012
	Session 2 Media and the Micro Order of Disaster Chair: Jörg Bergmann (Bielefeld)
9:00	Ruth Ayaß (Klagenfurt): Pictures of Pain - Photographs of Disasters (Abstract)
9:45	Gebhard Rusch (Siegen): The Public Eye on Disasters - Journalists' Views at the Disasters of Others.
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Stephan Habscheid (Siegen): Relating Disasters to Space and Time, Practice and Identity: The Contribution of Situated Texts (Abstract)
11:45	Keynote Nalaka Gunawardene (Sri Lanka): Breaking News on a Restless Planet: Covering Disasters in a Networked Society (Abstract) (Presentation)
12:30	Lunch Break (ZiF Cafeteria)
	Session 3 Technologies and Social Media for Dealing with Disasters Chair: Volker Wulf (Siegen)
14:00	Monika Büscher, Lisa Wood, Sung-Yueh Perng (Lancaster): Altruistic, Augmented, Agile: Public Crisis Response. (Abstract)
14:30	Volkmar Pipek (Siegen): Working Together in Crisis (Abstract) (talk had failed unfortunately)
15:00	Kate Starbird (Boulder): Digital Volunteerism: How Social Media Enables and Structures Collective Action during Disaster (Abstract)
15:30	Coffee Break with Cake
16:00	Gunnar Stevens (Siegen): User-Centered Design of Smart Grid Security
16:30	Stefan Morley (Dräger, Lübeck): Industrial Safety Research - From Customer Need to Product (Design) (Abstract)
16:45	Reinhold Friedrich (BMBF, Bonn): New Perspectives of Research for Civil Security
17:00	Short Break
17:15- 18:00	Panel Discussion: “Analysing Practices – Designing Futures?” Contributors of Session 3 and Peter Ladkin
19:30	*Dinner* (Dinner in town, direct payer)

Saturday, 28 January 2012
	Session 4 Organisation and Management of Disaster Communication Chair: Wolf Dombrowsky (Berlin)
9:00	Stefan Strohschneider (Jena): Heedful Interaction and Affiliation in Emergency Management Teams (Abstract)
9:45	Norbert Reez (BBK, Bonn): White-Collar Crisis Communication. Strategic Exercises and Top-Level Media Management Training in Germany. (Abstract) (Presentation)
10:15	Frank Joerres (German Red Cross, Berlin): The Role of Information in Disasters: What Can We Learn from the 2011 Japan Earthquake? (Abstract)
10:45	Coffee Break
11:15	Andrew Collins (Northumbria): What next for Disaster Education and Communication? (Abstract) (Presentation)
12:00	Jörg Bergmann (Bielefeld): The Disastrousness of Disaster
12:30	Convenors of the Research Group Final Comments and Conference Close
12:45	*Lunch* (ZiF Cafeteria)
	End of Conference Departure