Bushfires, faith and community cohesion: building a resilient Australia

澳大利亚的森林火灾紧急情况有社会、伦理和政治原因，也有生物物理原因。这些原因隐藏在根深蒂固的脆弱性、社会规范和体制结构中，往往是建设有复原力的社区的关键障碍。该项目旨在通过研究神圣和世俗的信仰如何影响个人和社区准备、应对和恢复森林大火的能力，确定提高复原力的关键方法。使用人种学方法，该项目将批判性地审查由信仰和道德驱动、保留或促进的丛林火脆弱性、复原力和适应战略的证据。

Bushfire emergencies in Australia have social, ethical and political, as well as biophysical causes. Hidden in embedded vulnerability, social norms and institutional structures, these causes are often critical obstacles to building resilient communities. This project aims to identify key ways to heighten resilience by examining how sacred and secular faith affects the ability of individuals and communities to prepare for, respond to and recover from bushfires. Using ethnographic methods, this project will critically examine evidence of bushfire vulnerability, resilience and adaptation strategies driven by, retained in, or promoted through faith and ethics.