A Temporal Device: Disasters and the Articulation of (De)acceleration in and beyond 1970 Ancash’s Earthquake

• Tomás J. Usón ^[1] ; Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger ^[2]
  1. [1] Humboldt University of Berlin

     Humboldt University of Berlin

     Berlin, Stadt, Alemania

     
  2. [2] University of Wuppertal

     University of Wuppertal

     Kreisfreie Stadt Wuppertal, Alemania

     
• Localización: Res Publica: revista de historia de las ideas políticas, ISSN-e 1989-6115, Vol. 24, Nº. 3, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Dossier: Regímenes temporales), págs. 467-480
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5209/rpub.79245
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Un dispositivo temporal: desastres y la articulación de la (des)aceleración en y más allá del terremoto de Ancash de 1970
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  • español

    Históricamente, los estudios de desastres han presentado dos comprensiones antagónicas de las catástrofes: singularidades extremas que producen historia o procesos que perpetúan estructuras sociopolíticas e inequidades. Mediante un análisis del terremoto de 1970 en Ancash, Perú, y su influencia en la implementación de discursos de (des)aceleración en medio de grandes transformaciones en la sociedad peruana, este artículo presenta una comprensión alternativa de los desastres más allá de la disrupción y continuidad, para enfocarse en las articulaciones temporales que estos producen. Al ser concebidos como dispositivos temporales, los desastres tienen la capacidad de reestructurar ritmos, escalas y temporalidades de manera heterogénea y múltiple. El artículo pretende aportar argumentos que, aunque basados en el terremoto de Ancash, pueden aplicarse a otros debates sobre catástrofes, crisis y desastres como desencadenantes de aceleración y desaceleración económica, social o cultural.

  • English

    Historically, disaster studies have been confronted with two antagonistic, but not exclusive, conceptualizations of catastrophes: first and foremost, extreme singularities that produce history, but also processes that perpetuate sociopolitical structures and inequalities. By exploring how the 1970 earthquake in Ancash, Peru was the scenario for implementing discourses of acceleration and deceleration amid strong transformations in Peruvian society, this article presents an alternative understanding of disasters beyond disruption and continuity by focusing on the temporal articulations they induce. When conceived as temporal devices, disasters have the capacity of restructuring rhythms, scales, and temporalities heterogeneously and manifoldly. This paper aims to bring forward arguments that, although grounded in the 1970 Ancash earthquake, can be applied to other discussions of disasters, catastrophes, and crises as triggering scenarios of economic, social, or cultural acceleration and deceleration.

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