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Ruin Narrative

A Ruin Narrative is a narrative framework within disaster studies that interprets the aftermath of catastrophic events through the symbolic and material collapse of civilization, distinguishing itself by emphasizing decay, loss, and the irreversible breakdown of social and infrastructural order as central thematic and analytical elements.

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2.9K

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59

Authors

27

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

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Publications

54

A paradise built in hell: the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 753 citations

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England's Ruins: Poetic Purpose and the National Landscape

David Worrall, Anne Janowitz · The Modern Language Review · 1992 · 205 citations

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A paradise built in hell: the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster

Stephen Bernardini, Daniel Hart · Journal of Moral Education · 2011 · 202 citations

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In Near Ruins: Cultural Theory at the End of the Century

Richard J. Parmentier · American Ethnologist · 1999 · 170 citations

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Imagining ruins in Ancient Rome

Catharine Edwards · European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire · 2011 · 115 citations

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Authors

59

  1. TM
    Thomas McFarland

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  2. ME
    Morgan E. Ellithorpe

    Michigan State University, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

    1

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  3. NB
    Nils Bubandt

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

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  4. KS
    Kate Sampsell-Willmann

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. AD
    Alfredo D. Egı́dio dos Reis

    University of Lisbon, Portugal

    1 publications · 21 citations

    1

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Institutions

27

  1. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    110 citations

  2. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  4. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    115 citations

  5. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  6. Heriot-Watt University

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  8. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 980 citations

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  2. Journal of American History

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  4. Journal of Urban History

    JUH · 1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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  5. October

    1 publications · 75 citations

    1

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