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- Title
“We Were Cut Off From the Rest of the World . . . and From Each Other”: Advocating for the “Whos” After Hurricane María.
- Authors
Lopez, Dina
- Abstract
This article intersects the US government’s imperialistic attitude with its ambivalent and sluggish behavior towards helping the island of Puerto Rico achieve disaster preparedness and recovery from hurricane events. To learn how Puerto Rican residents employed self-reliance and resiliency in the context of disaster to shift and extend past definitions of tactical technical communication, I triangulated US-based longform reports with a radio journalist’s logbook from Hurricane María. From the stories in these texts about how Puerto Ricans crafted communication, I conclude that this craftiness during disaster empowered the Puerto Rican community to enact post-Hurricane María political and social changes on the island.
- Subjects
PUERTO Rico; EMERGENCY management; DISASTER resilience; HURRICANES; HELPING behavior; PUERTO Ricans
- Publication
Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing & Service Learning, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 1, p208
- ISSN
1541-2075
- Publication type
Article