Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters The Case of an Earthqua

As the interdependence between human activities and natural forces on earth  grows in instability, disaster research is maturing as a discipline, employing concepts and methods from fields as disparate as psychology, history, and engineering. But psy

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Manfred Zaumseil • Silke Schwarz Mechthild von Vacano • Gavin Brent Sullivan Johana E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono Editors

Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters The Case of an Earthquake in Java, Indonesia

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Editors Manfred Zaumseil International Academy for Innovative Pedagogy Psychology and Economics gGmbH at Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany Silke Schwarz International Academy for Innovative Pedagogy Psychology and Economics gGmbH at Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany

Gavin Brent Sullivan Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds, United Kingdom Johana E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono Christian University of Krida Wacana Jakarta, Indonesia Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Mechthild von Vacano Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany

ISBN 978-1-4614-9353-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9 Springer NewYork Heidelberg Dordrecht London

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Foreword

Interweaving Culture and Context in Our Understanding of a Society Facing Disaster In this powerful book, the editors and authors provide an exemplar for an understanding of addressing disaster within a rich cultural context. As they st