Mitigating Disaster in Digital Space: DiaspoRicans Organizing after Hurricane Maria

Melinda González
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As Puerto Ricans lived facing increasing precarity after Hurricane Maria, DiaspoRicans (Puerto Ricans living outside of Puerto Rico) rushed to get aid to their relatives. A lack of trust in the local government and Congress’ refusal to lift the 1920 Merchant Marines Act limited direct international aid. This fueled narratives of genocide intersecting with relief efforts. In this article, I use digital ethnography and ethnographic interviews to discuss how and why DiaspoRicans engaged in grassroots recovery efforts through social media. I conclude with discussing the challenges of digital organizing faced by community organizers in Puerto Rico in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane and the potential contributions of digital research as catastrophic weather events increase.
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玛丽亚飓风过后,波多黎各人的生活越来越不稳定,流散者(居住在波多黎各以外的波多黎各人)争先恐后地向他们的亲戚寻求援助。由于对当地政府缺乏信任,加上国会拒绝取消1920年的《商船法案》(Merchant Marines Act),限制了直接的国际援助。这助长了种族灭绝与救援工作交织在一起的叙述。在这篇文章中,我使用数字人种学和人种学访谈来讨论散居者如何以及为什么通过社交媒体参与基层恢复工作。最后,我将讨论波多黎各社区组织者在飓风过后面临的数字组织挑战,以及随着灾难性天气事件的增加,数字研究的潜在贡献。
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