Cultural interventions through children's literature and arts-based practices in times of disaster: A case study of reading mediators' response to the Mexican earthquakes (September 2017).

ABSTRACT: Recent natural disasters have challenged current models of crisis management and intervention, demanding speedy, flexible and emergent social actors to respond at multiple levels. To provide a comprehensive response, top-down models have incorporated the critical role played by citizen-volunteers in assisting communities in distress. However, few post-crisis response models have identified new social actors who can contribute with creative, coordinated, and sustainable solutions. In this article, we present the case study of the 2017 Mexican earthquakes and the post-disaster activities developed by an emergent group of social actors - reading mediators. We argue for the critical role of mediators and their use of children's literature and arts-based practices as essential instruments for c

SUBMITTER: Hirsu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7425675 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature