Indigenous knowledge management to enhance community resilience to tsunami risk: lessons learned from Smong traditions in Simeulue island, Indonesia

10th Aceh International Workshop and Expo on Sustainable Tsunami Disaster Recovery

Rahman, A.^1,3 ; Sakurai, A.^2 ; Munadi, K.^3

Department of International Environment and Resources Policy, International Post Graduate Program in Human Security and Society, Graduate School of International and Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, 41 Kawauchi, Sendai, Aoba-ku, Miyagi

980-8579, Japan^1

Division of Disaster Information, Management and Public Collaboration, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Miyagi, Sendai

980-0845, Japan^2

Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh

23233, Indonesia^3

关键词: Building back betters;    Community resiliences;    Disaster risk reductions;    Indigenous knowledge;    Informed decision;    Knowledge accumulation;    Knowledge management methods;    Social interactions;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/56/1/012018/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/56/1/012018

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Knowledge accumulation and production embedded in communities through social interactions meant that the Smong tradition of indigenous knowledge of tsunami risk successfully alerted people to the 2004 tsunami, on the island of Simeulue, in Aceh, Indonesia. Based on this practical example, an indigenous management model was developed for Smong information. This knowledge management method involves the transformation of indigenous knowledge into applicable ways to increase community resilience, including making appropriate decisions and taking action in three disaster phases. First, in the pre-disaster stage, the community needs to be willing to mainstream and integrate indigenous knowledge of disaster risk reduction issues into related activities. Second, during disasters, the Smong tradition should make the community able to think clearly, act based on informed decisions, and protect themselves and others by using their indigenous knowledge. Last, in the post-disaster phase, the community needs to be strong enough to face challenges and support each other and "building back better" efforts, using local resources. The findings for the Smong tradition provide valuable knowledge about community resilience. Primary community resilience to disasters is strongly related to existing knowledge that triggers appropriate decisions and actions during pre-disaster, disaster, and post-disaster phases.