IPK Lunch Discussion Thurs: Re-emergence of Inequality Post-Sandy in Two NYC Neighborhoods

[Jessica Coffey]

IPK invites you to join us on Thursday for a lunchtime discussion with Sancha D. Medwinter on her findings from her field study on the re-emergence of longstanding race and class inequality in two post-disaster neighborhoods in New York City in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Thursday, October 30, 12PM
IPK Main Conference Room
Please RSVP

Sancha examines the social processes through which race and class shape whether and how residents strike close and informal connections with disaster responders. The research looks closely at how the type and quality of relationships forged, affects sharing of disaster support and information. This focus on these newly formed connections is particularly important in this environment, where people’s usual social connections were severely compromised. Her research adopts a theory of network resources, social capital, which expects that assistance in the form of information or resources are informally and indirectly accessed through these interpersonal connections and that social position of people’s connections and the quality of their relationship matter in this process.

Sancha D. Medwinter is a former New York City resident and a PhD candidate at Duke University.

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Jessica Coffey || Assistant Director

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