Flood as permacrisis. Response-Ability, and the Politics of Water [Pl. Powódź jako permakryzys. Odpowiedzialność i polityki wody]

Abstrakt:

This article analyzes the 2024 flood in Poland as an expression of permacrisis—a chronic, human-accelerated condition rather than a singular natural event. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Lower Silesia and along the Oder River, it examines how anticipatory planning (Cons 2018) shapes emerging responses and forms of response-ability. These are framed through competing discourses: techno-response-abilities (infrastructure, state control), eco-response-abilities (wetlands, ecosystems), and grassroots readiness as an embodied practice. While public attention favored spectacular techno-solutions, ecological processes operated quietly, yet effectively. The flood foregrounded fundamental questions of response-ability—who and what will be included in future adaptation strategies, and who or what will be excluded.

Słowa kluczowe:

powódź, powódź w 2024 r. w Polsce, eko-responsywność, techno-responsywność, permakryzys, responsywność

https://journals.iaepan.pl/ep/article/view/4151 [3]