TY  - JOUR
TI  - A CULTURAL APPROACH TO EARTHQUAKE COPING STRATEGIES: EXAMPLES OF TURKISH FOLK POEMS AND MEMORATES
AB  - The aim of this study is to ensure that the cultural dimension discussed amongthe strategies to cope with the earthquake and to propose the use of this cultural dimensionin earthquake education. The documents of the study consist of Turkish folk poems andmemorates. In the study, document analysis method, one of the qualitative data collectionmethods, was used; the data were interpreted with information obtained from descriptiveanalysis. As a result of the research, it has been observed that Turkish folk poems andmemorates have supernatural, mystical, traditional beliefs and thoughts about earthquake.The positive cultural dimension related to the earthquake that is folk poems and inmemorates is that unity and solidarity and glorify of the solidarity tradition. On the otherhand, the negative cultural dimension is the belief that the earthquake is a punishment due topeople violated the religion, tradition and custom. In addition, the social and politicaldisintegrations that occurred during the earthquake were also interpreted as a negativecultural dimension. From this point of view, it is suggested that the cultural dimension of theearthquake is considered as an additional strategy in addition to the known coping strategiesand is defined “cultural memory strategy”.
AU  - ÇEVIRME, HÜLYA
DO  - 10.12981/mahder.764467
PY  - 2020
JO  - Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi
VL  - 13
IS  - 31
SN  - 1308-4445
SP  - 1073
EP  - 1087
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/400835
ER  -