Sabine Marx to speak on Haiti Panel Discussion
On Thursday May 16th, Dr. Sabine Marx, CRED managing director, will speak on a panel entitled “Can Haitian Story-telling, Imagination and Oral History Traditions Influence Popular Environmental Risk Perception?” Sabine will speak about her work in Haiti. More information is below. To register please click here.
Can Haitian Story-telling, Imagination and Oral History Traditions Influence Popular Environmental Risk Perception?
Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Teachers College Russell Hall, Room 305
Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Earth Institute Events by sending email to events@ei.columbia.edu .
Speakers: Sabine Marx, Managing Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), Columbia University; Laura Simms, Award-winning Performer, Writer, Educator; Jean Refuse,Director, Haitian American Foundation for Cultural Exchange; Moderated by Tatiana Wah, Director, Haiti Research and Policy Program, and Alex Fischer, Associate Director, Haiti Research and Policy Program, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
The Earth Institute’s Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development’s (CGSD) Haiti Research and Policy Program Discussion Series presents “Can Haitian Story-telling, Imagination and Oral History Traditions Influence Popular Environmental Risk Perception?” with
Sabine Marx, Managing Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), Columbia University
Laura Simms, Award-winning Performer, Writer, Educator
Jean Refuse, Director Haitian American Foundation for Cultural Exchange
Moderated by
Tatiana Wah,Director, Haiti Research and Policy Program, and Alex Fischer, Associate Director, Haiti Research and Policy Program, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Haiti is a country of converging natural hazards: floods, earthquakes, erosion and hurricanes. To understand how environmental perceptions link to behavior a panel, that includes a story teller, a radio host and a risk perception psychologist, will discuss how individuals process and understand information that is critical to daily lives and livelihoods. The panel will address how communities and individuals perceive risks and what information helps them make decisions? This dialogue series focuses on how story telling and communication programs can help to shape these perceptions and inform decisions. While this discussion is focused on Haiti, the panelists will address the question in a broader framework.
Open to the public. RSVP recommended.
For more information on CGSD visit cgsd.columbia.edu/
For more information on the Haiti Research and Policy Program visit cgsd.columbia.edu/where-we-work/haiti/
For more information on the Earth Institute visit www.earth.columbia.edu
Sponsors: Earth Institute
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