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Tiêu đề
Building global social capital through social science and liberal arts education in the new media age: A comprehensive approach to mitigate world disasters
Tác giả
Mathbor G.M.; Jani N.
Năm xuất bản
2013
Source title
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies
Số trích dẫn
1
DOI
10.18848/2324-755X/CGP/v07i01/53374
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Liberal Arts education has a strong emphasis on the utilization of human and social capital in addressing people-s needs and identifying credible solutions both locally and globally. Similarly, social science education provides applied learning through community organization approach. For example, a case study of Bangladesh mentioned in the world press is an extremely successful community based model for disaster prone regions of the world. This article explores disaster preparedness by incorporating social capital theory in higher education combined with new media for applied practice experience in times of disasters. Throughout history, the coastal people of Bangladesh have contended with natural disasters of epic scale. The results have ranged from heavy losses of human lives and cattle, to property damage worth billions of dollars. In 1966, the International Federation of Red Cross and the Swedish Red Cross Society helped by implementing a pilot scheme for Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP) in the disaster prone areas of Bangladesh to strengthen the capacity of the coastal people through sustained training activities. This article is based on CPP to understand the context and process that helps to reduce damages as a result of natural disasters in coastal Bangladesh. The article highlights how CPP of Bangladesh Red Cross society developed its social capital to respond effectively saving lives and properties before, during, and after natural disaster. This article educates the reader about how to integrate disaster perspectives in developing courses for their social science and liberal arts curricula, and link it with social networking websites through new media to build social capital, exploring further opportunities to strengthen disaster mitigation and preparedness. © Common Ground, Golam M. Mathbor, Nairruti Jani, All Rights Reserved.
Từ khóa
Civic Engagement; Disaster Management; Interdisciplinary; Social Capital; Social Science
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Nơi xuất bản
Common Ground Research Networks
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Article
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus