{"product_id":"play-to-survive-chika-watanabe-9781503646247","title":"Play to Survive: Disaster Preparedness Along the Ring of Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive the future on such a planet, amid intensifying climate change? This question is particularly poignant along the Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt in the Pacific region that routinely faces some of the most devastating disasters in the world. Based on ethnographic research spanning seven years, \u003ci\u003ePlay to Survive\u003c\/i\u003e examines the work of preparedness training in Japan and Chile, two primary nations along the Ring of Fire that experience frequent and intense disasters. Experts from these countries have often collaborated to create some of the most advanced disaster preparedness systems in the world. Chika Watanabe traces how local city officials, NGOs, and members of neighborhood and grassroots organizations are, counterintuitively, using fun, playful methods to teach preparation for our darkest hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While there are many important studies of post-disaster response, much less is written about the future-orientation of disaster preparedness. This book shows how a transnational group of preparedness experts orient people toward potential disasters in gentle and hopeful ways, focusing on improvisation and repair. In a time of political and environmental destabilization globally, this book offers a unique look at how playful preparedness can reset relationships to environments, to the future, and to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chika Watanabe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503646246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503646247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Chika Watanabe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241968906495,"sku":"9781503646247","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf90343e-0e3c-42c9-8423-e0a90cf4dfcc.jpg?v=1772656843","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/play-to-survive-chika-watanabe-9781503646247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}