Homemaking in communities recovering from disaster

Few, Roger, Mwathunga, Evance, Manley, Nicole A.L. and Jere, Catherine (2025) Homemaking in communities recovering from disaster. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

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Abstract

This report summarises findings from a collaborative scoping project in Malawi on the topic of homemaking following extreme weather events. We worked with communities that have been displaced temporarily or permanently from their original homes by recent flooding and landslide events. Focus group discussions incorporating visual explorations of ‘home’ were held with community members at sites in four districts of southern Malawi, and their testimonies of impact, response, needs and hopes were complemented with discussions at a workshop with national stakeholders from government, NGOs and universities. Through this exploratory research, we aimed to understand better people's key expectations/aspirations for recreating a sense of home in their new or reconstructed dwellings, the extent to which this has been or is being realised presently, and the conditions required in order to achieve a holistic sense of home. Key in this is a discussion that includes, but goes beyond, questions of the material construction and provision of hard infrastructure to consider more intangible, environmental and symbolic aspects of homemaking. The study engages with an increasing concern globally among agencies that are undertaking resettlement and reconstruction interventions on how to support a more holistic approach to homemaking for disaster-affected communities

Item Type:	Other
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Gender and Its Intersections Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Area Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Climate Change Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2025 12:30
Last Modified:	08 Dec 2025 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101302
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