What if disaster communication is not simply about transmitting information, but about how societies come to know and make sense of disaster? Drawing on a comparative study of Vietnam and the Philippines, this article develops the concept of disaster epistemology to show how cultural and religious systems shape what disasters mean, how they are explained, and how people understand appropriate action. Our study challenges universalist assumptions in disaster communication and places Southeast Asian knowledge at the centre of theorizing crisis.
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A labC contribution to rethinking disaster communication from Southeast Asia.