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Debate experience
It was at first scary. Then I saw the Christmas tree in the University Hall. It lifted my spirit. Also the Bible verses near the ceiling, and seeing my family, me relatives, friends. The lectio precursio was easy, since I … Continue reading
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Debate approaches
It is exactly one month for one of the important events of my life. Not as significant as getting married, or giving birth. I will defend my dissertation about Disaster preparedness education. This happens in my University town, in Jyväskylä … Continue reading
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Mount Merapi
While visiting Yogyakarta, Indonesia this summer, I had a chance to visit the museum of Mount Merapi. It is located at the foot of the vulcano called Merapi. It is one the Indonesia most active volcanos today. I learnt one … Continue reading
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Communities are important
In my search of trying to understand evacuation behaviour during natural disasters, I have been faced with the concept of community. Western mind is individualists and can not understand the community as an entity. Community is not a sum of … Continue reading
Hydro-illogical Cycle
The term ‘Hydro-illogical Cycle’ was used over sixty years ago, in 1947, by Tannehill and later Vit Klemes when talking about drought research. This term could be used also when referring to the reaction of media and the societal attention … Continue reading
Disaster preparedness
It all started over eight years ago with the Indian tsunami wiping out the Northern tip of Sumatra island, in the Indonesian archipelago. No one was prepared. No government, no non-government organization, no media organization, no citizen. There were few … Continue reading
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Pitchtalk in Finnish
Kansainvälisyys on kova sana. Menestyäkseen maailmalla suomalainen tarvitsee aimo annoksen itsevarmuutta ja myönteisyyttä. Hyvä työmoraalihan meillä on. Olen työskennellyt kymmenisen vuotta ulkomailla erilaisten kulttuurien parissa. Tunnen Aasian mediaa. Olen tehnyt survey-tutkimusta ja focus groupseja Mongoliassa ja Indonesiassa median käytöstä. Voin … Continue reading
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A matter of education and communication
Research studies suggest also that disaster education is necessary to create an awareness and readiness for action at the time of disaster, and that mass media messages are related to how people behave in disaster situations (Nozawa et. al. 2008, … Continue reading
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