Frida Hastrup is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Copenhagen, and has conducted long-term fieldwork in South India. Her current research addresses local responses to environmental changes in the Bay of Bengal area, with a specific focus on flooding, cyclones and coastal erosion.

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Processing Disaster and Recovery

• The Disaster and the Everyday
• Local Worlds and Recovery
• Figure and Ground in Disaster Anthropology
• Transformation and Future Trajectories
• Book Outline

Chapter 2. The Field: Entrance and Emergence

• Arrival
• Emergent Fields
• Mapping Place and People
• Fieldwork on Foot
• A Walk around the Village
• The Lay of the Land

Chapter 3. The Dwelling: Homes and Hazards

• Build Back Better
• Bereavement and Moving on
• Homing In

Chapter 4. On Forecasting: Wind and Water

• Weather or Not
• The Landfall of Disaster
• Dropping the Anchor
• Forecasts and Precautions
• In a Climate of Changing Tides

Chapter 5. Responsibility: Agents and Agencies

• Local Level Humanitarian Support
• On the Limits of Community
• Recuperating Subjects

Chapter 6. Confusing Hardships: Onslaught and Opportunity

• In Need of Repair
• Certifying the Future
• The Ties That Bind
• Rallying for Safety
• Projecting Progress

Chapter 7. Materialisations of Loss: Monument and Memory

• Monumental Memories
• The Materiality of Loss
• On New Plots

Chapter 8. Everyday Life: Tsunami Time

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