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How We Tell the Story of Disaster

Material Memory by Council on Library and Information Resources

Dec 18, 202020:54Society & Culture

Anthropologist and emergency management specialist Dr. Crystal Felima speaks about her work on climate hazards, disaster narratives in Haiti and Puerto Rico, and the role of libraries.

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