A City of Two Tales:How Complex Communities Achieve Resilience in the Face of Overwhelming Threat

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Presenter	Charles Kantor, Ph.D.
Date	October 2, 2022
Abstract:	For 3 years America has faced a pandemic, increasing environmental deterioration due to a warming planet, brutal invasions leading to refugee crises, and political leadership enhancing conflict between American sub- communities. The pandemic exposed our vulnerabilities, but also our innovations to preserve our communities. Conversely, strong political factions emerged to threaten democracy. How do complex communities respond to such threats? What practices are fundamental to doing so and what does Descriptive Psychology have to say about such practices? As a paradigm case, New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina will help us develop parameters to understand the achievement of community resilience.
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