The History of the Disaster Denaturalization Concept

Abstract

In order to present the history of the formulation of the concept of denaturalization, its importance and relevance for the current moment in the social sciences, the important implications of the concept of denaturalization with the concepts of social construction of prevention and social vulnerabilities associated with disasters are considered. In this article, therefore, it is highlighted that successful adaptive strategies are built from the organizational structures of communities. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of its biological denaturalization is also considered. This text concludes that we have a lot to learn in the field of disasters, denaturalization, the resistance that arose and the ongoing mobilizations that are yet to come.

Keywords: Denaturalization of disasters. Social construction of prevention. Social vulnerabilities. COVID-19.