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FLYINGROOFTOPSANDMATCHBOXHOUSES:POLITICSOFKNOWLEDGE, PERFORMATIVEREALITIES,ANDTHEMATERIALIZATIONOFCRISISINTHE RECONSTRUCTIONOFSOUTHERNHONDURASAFTERHURRICANEMITCH By ROBERTOE.BARRIOS ADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEGRADUATESCHOOL OFTHEUNIVERSITYOFFLORIDAINPARTIALFULFILLMENT OFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOF DOCTOROFPHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA 2004 TABLEOFCONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v LISTOFTABLES vi LISTOFFIGURES viii ABSTRACT x CHAPTER 1 THEETHNOGRAPHYOFCOMPELXITYINTHERECONSTRUCTION ENCOUNTER 1 DefiningtheCrisisanditsAftermath 3 FlyingRooftopsandMatchboxHouses:ABriefOverview 17 2 SUYAPA'SSTORY:THERELEVANCEOFSOCIALTHEORYTOPOST- DISASTERCOMMUNITYRECONSTRUCTION 27 HurricaneMitchinNumbers 31 VulnerabilityTheoryandPoliticalEcology:An IntroductiontotheAnthropology ofDisasters 32 WhyDidtheRiversGrowandtheMountainsCollapse? 34 The GreadDivideintheAnthropologyofDisasters 39 AftertheHurricane 53 Beforeproceeding:ANoteonHeuristicDevices 57 ResistanceandAccommodation:TheDanceofAgencyintheReconstruction Encounter 59 NarrativesofTranscendence,CulturalNarrativesandtheBodyPolitic 64 Mimesis,RepresentationandtheOntologyofObjects 67 KeepingPerspective:BacktoHonduras 79 3 RESEARCHSITESANDMETHODS 76 RegionalHistory 77 Choluteca 84 TheHurricaneAffectedNeighborhoods 88 TheReconstructionCommunities 94 ii LimondelaCerca 95 MarcelinoChampagnat 106 ResearchMethods 109 4 REPRESENTATIONSOFCOMMUNITYANDVICTIMHOODINDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION 114 KnowingtheDamnificados:OvercomingtheChallengesofRepresentationandthe DesireforEmpiricalOmniscienceintheEthnographyofReconstruction....126 ReconstructingMarginality:TheBirthofLimondelaCerca 130 MatchboxHousesandFlyingRooftops:PowerandHierarchiesofKnowledgein ReconstructionAssistance 142 WhereOpacityisanEffectofPower,ProducedbyAntipoliticsMachinesand theManagerializationofDisasterReconstruction 151 ManglingTechnologiesandAlternativeDiscoursesofAlterity:Different PossibilitiesforPost-DisasterCommunityReconstruction 164 Electricity,EssentializedCategories,andTechnologicalMetaphors 170 Damnificada/osasCommodity:OperationChristmasChild 180 5 CONVERSATIONSWITHDAMNIFICADOS 186 Hallarse:ToFindOneself 199 DaniaLisetteandReynaldoAlberto 205 6 HEALINGKNOWLEDGEANDTHEPOLITICSOFCLINICAL ENCOUNTERS 216 Fever 219 OjoandMoto 227 CrossingEpistemicBoundaries 231 7 CHILDREN,HOUSEHOLDS,ANDINSTITUTIONALNARRATIVESOFTHE BODY 239 TheNarrativeStructureofNutritionalEpidemiology 246 Anthropometry 256 Dietary Intake 259 TheMimeticFacultyofNutritionStatistics 277 PerformativityinNutritionalEpidemiology 283 Conclusion 285 iii APPENDIX LISTOFREFERENCES 287 BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH 300 IV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ithankmyparents,DomingoEverardoandMariaTeresa,andmysister,Miriam Isabel,fortheiraffectionandcontinuedinterestinmywork.Ialsothankmydissertation committeeandthosefacultymembersoftheDepartmentofAnthropologyandHealth ScienceEducationattheUniversityofFloridawhowereessentialforthecreationofthis document,AllanF.Bums,AnthonyOliver-Smith,JamesP.Stansbury,DeloresC.E. James,StaceyLangwick,LynnetteNorr,andmyfriendsandcolleagues,withoutwhom mygraduatetrainingwouldnothavebeenthesame,JenniferHale-Gallardo,LisaOliver, LaurenFordyce,AntoniodelaPena,RobertM.Freeman,JeanDennison,Debra Rodman-Ruiz,DivianMendoza,KathrynE.McHarry,RodneyStubina,Kathleen Ragsdale,andDrewKitchen.IalsothankKellyMcGuireforherunendingloveand patiencethroughoutmytrainingasananthropologist.Finally,Ithankthedirectorsand staffoftheLatinAmericanCollection,RichardPhillips,PaulLoschandJustinoLlanque. v . LISTOFTABLES Table page 3-1 RiverfrontneighborhoodsofCholutecaincludedinstudyandnumberofhousehold surveysconductedineach 89 3-2 OccupationsoffemalesurveyrespondentsinriverfrontneighborhoodsofCholuteca 90 3-3 Occupationsoffemalesurveyrespondent’smalepartnersoroldestemployedmale inhousehold 91 3- 3-4 Housingmaterialandconditionsin9hurricaneaffectedneighborhoodsof 4- Choluteca 92 3-5 ListofeightcoloniasofLimondelaCerca 100 3-6 OccupationsofLimondelaCerca,MarcelinoChampagnatandCholutecafemale surveyrespondents 101 3-7 Occupationsofadultmalepartnersornearestofkinforsurveyrespondentsin LimondelaCerca,MarcelinoChampagnatandCholuteca 102 8 Comparisonofmaterialstyleoflifeindex(MSL)anddependencyratio (DR=<16/>16)meansbyresearchsite 104 1 Shelter-seekingstrategiesofLimondelaCercaresidents 132 4-2 Shelter-seekingstrategiesforMarcelinoChampagnatresidents 133 4-3 Barrios,coloniasandtownsofresidenceofdamnificadospriortoHurricaneMitch 134 4-4 Typologyofdisasteraffectedcommunities 174 7-1 PercentageofsevereandmoderatemalnutritionamongHonduranchildrenunder5 yearsofage,1999UniversityofFloridastudyversusearliersurveys 240 7-2 Comparisonofheightforage(HAZ),weightforage(WAZ)andweightforheight (WHZ)z-scoremeansbyresearchsite 257 vi 7-3 Comparisonofstunting,underweightandwastingprevalencebyresearchsite....257 7-4 Averagehouseholdenergyneedsratio(ENR)andcompositionofcaloricintakeby researchsite 260 7-5 Averagehouseholdproteinneedsratio(PNR)andproteinintakecompositionby researchsite 261 7-6 Comparisonofmaterialstyleoflifeindex(MSL)anddependencyratio (D.R.=<16/>16)meansbyresearchsite 262 7-7 Comparisonoffemalesurveyrespondentandmalepartnersormaleheadsof householdyearsofeducationmeans 264 7-8 PearsoncorrelationsforLimondelaCerca 265 7-9 PearsoncorrelationsforMarcelinoChampagnat 267 7-10PearsoncorrelationsforhurricaneaffectedneighborhoodsofCholuteca 269 7-11 Regressionmodeloutcomesforanthropometryz-scores 275 7-12Regressionmodeloutcomesforsourcesofcaloricintake 276 vii 57 LISTOFFIGURES F2-igure page 3- 2-1 Floodinganditscauses 69 2-2 Floodplainmanagement 70 3 CholutecaMunicipalityYear1998/1999AnnualReport 73 3-1 MapofHonduras 77 34--2 MapofCholuteca 85 3-3 Houseswithoutplaster 97 3-4 LimondelaCercaintherainyseason 97 3-5 Garbagecollectedinadrainageditch 98 3-6 MapofLimondelaCerca 99 7 Non-governmentalorganization(NGO)signwithpaintedstreetganglogo 107 1 LimondelaCercaresidentsstandinginfrontoftheirmicro 11 4-2 Streetganggraffittionhouse 117 4-3 Wind-damagedhouse 11 4-4 Electricitypolewithnowiring 118 4-5 HouseinMarcelinoChampagnat 119 4-6 MarcelinoChampagnatcommunitysign 119 4-7 UnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevelopmentbudget 122 4-8 LimondelaCercasignwithmayor'scrossedoutwithblackpaint 140 4-9 LimondelaCercahousewithrockssecuringroof 144 4-10 Houseconstructiondetail 145 viii 4-11 NationalElectricCompany(ENEE)lettertoCholutecamunicipality 176 4-12 Samaritan'sPurseOperationChristmasChildwebpage 181 IX AbstractofDissertationPresentedtotheGraduateSchool oftheUniversityofFloridainPartialFulfillmentofthe RequirementsfortheDegreeofDoctorofPhilosophy FLYINGROOFTOPSANDMATCHBOXHOUSES:POLITICSOFKNOWLEDGE, PERFORMATIVEREALITIES,ANDTHEMATERIALIZATIONOFCRISISINTHE RECONSTRUCTIONOFSOUTHERNHONDURASAFTERHURRICANEMITCH By RobertoE.Barrios December2004 Chair: AllanF.Bums MajorDepartment: Anthropology Thisdissertationexaminestheprocessthroughwhichthedistributionofpost- disasterreconstructionassistancecanproduceconditionsofsocialcrisis. Thestudy focusesonthecaseofLimondelaCerca,Honduras,acommunitysettledby904families fromthecityofCholuteca,wholosttheirhomesin1998duringHurricaneMitch.Inthe caseofthislocality,conditionsofcrisisweresynthesizedinmomentswhenaidresources weredistributedandarrangedbyinstitutionalactorsonthebasisofnotionsofsocialand economicnaturesthatwerenotsharedorintelligibletodisastersurvivors.Theconditions ofcrisisthatImakereferencetointhisethnographyinclude1)theconstmctionofover 1,000homeswhosedimensionsdidnotsuitthelogistical,sensory,andaestheticneedsof disastersurvivorsandwhichcouldnotwithstandtheenvironmentalstressesofthe reconstructionsite,2)thedisintegrationofpre-hurricaneneighborhoodconstituencies whichprovidedassistancewithchildcare,playedasignificantroleincrimeprevention, andwereofprimaryimportanceincreatingasenseofplaceandcommunityfordisaster x

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