{"id":16234,"date":"2025-12-10T08:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=16234"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:02:40","slug":"ditwah-disaster-capitalism-public-lecture","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/event\/ditwah-disaster-capitalism-public-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditwah &#038; Disaster Capitalism \u2013 Public Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"tec_event_single_static\" data-elementor-id=\"16234\" class=\"elementor elementor-16234\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b20a27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71b20a27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d22280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d22280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"135\"><strong data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"135\">Ditwah &amp; Disaster Capitalism \u2013 Public Lecture<\/strong><\/h3><p data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"357\">Join us for an insightful discussion on the political economy behind climate-change-driven disasters, focusing on the recent impacts of Cyclone Ditwah and the broader implications for developing nations like Sri Lanka.<\/p><p data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"615\">This lecture, led by <strong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"397\">Sushovan Dhar<\/strong> from the <em data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"465\">Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM)<\/em>, examines how climate disasters intersect with global finance, debt restructuring, privatisation, land grabs, and contractor-driven reconstruction.<\/p><p data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"952\">By exploring the global\u2013local dynamics of disaster capitalism, the session highlights how vulnerable populations disproportionately bear the costs of environmental crises, while capital interests often gain. The discussion aims to encourage alternative approaches that prioritise equitable, ecological, and people-centered development.<\/p><p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1052\"><strong data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"963\">Date:<\/strong> December 10, 2025<br data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"984\" \/><strong data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"993\">Time:<\/strong> 3.30 p.m. \u2013 4.30 p.m.<br data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1018\" \/><strong data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1028\">Venue:<\/strong> BCIS, BMICH, Colombo 07<\/p><p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1052\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16235 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16238 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Corina-Rodriguez-Enriquez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Corina-Rodriguez-Enriquez.jpg 940w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Corina-Rodriguez-Enriquez-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Corina-Rodriguez-Enriquez-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ditwah &amp; Disaster Capitalism \u2013 Public Lecture Join us for an insightful discussion on the political economy behind climate-change-driven disasters, focusing on the recent impacts of Cyclone Ditwah and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16236,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-16234","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/16234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/16234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16239,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/16234\/revisions\/16239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16234"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=16234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}