<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Martina Cutajar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Martina Cutajar]]></description><link>https://martinacutajar.wixsite.com/martinacutajar/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:43:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cutajarmartina.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Meat Production and Consumption as a Sustainability Issue]]></title><description><![CDATA[This text is an excerpt from a Master's based project (with RMIT) that tackled a chosen sustainability issue. This particular case...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/meat-production-and-consumption-as-a-sustainability-issue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6411e4dd8f8b1f8df67d9567</guid><category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_16bfa830062945ba9853500a729a096e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The One-World World]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this post, I will talk about some reflections that arose out of reading Escobar's work (2016) titled: Thinking-Feeling with the Earth:...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/the-one-world-world-and-the-pluriverse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63110e6eded4a6b40d47a3dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_30fad59da3784dbb8b1b806735837387~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_672,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intercultural in architectural design practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this discussion, we consider the film Spirited Away (Miyasaki, 2001) and Low's (2015) The sensuous city: Sensory methodologies in...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/the-intercultural-in-architectural-design-practices</link><guid isPermaLink="false">628f2e9ada31957520b63d77</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 07:56:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_89cb6ff40dda43eba4f2f91ca7f3ad7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_703,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The IKEA Better Shelter: Successes and criticisms ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Better Shelter is an initiative supported by the IKEA Foundation and the UNHCR. It is often referred to as the IKEA shelter. The...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/the-ikea-better-shelter-successes-and-criticisms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6278bc044f7b81170d44f46d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 07:14:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_144ff84f1b0a44ea91cf5928d1a70ae0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_827,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shelter Cluster]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Shelter Cluster is a global mechanism that coordinates humanitarian response to disasters and crises. The following case studies will...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/the-shelter-cluster</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62751529d2eec5fd6f8a4302</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 12:34:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_7fa4701237854b33bbae0ec9979e8416~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_394,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More-than-human Cosmologies and Embodied Knowledges]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post comprises reflections and learnings from a number of materials and topics explored through the Intercultural. The materials...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/more-than-human-cosmologies-and-embodied-knowledges</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6232ec601a61f811a26d7aa4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:44:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_3642ebd85c3f47c5b8d5f6dbfa4f22c4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_795,h_447,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land Use Planning for Disaster Resilience]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post has to do with how Urban Planning can contribute towards Disaster Risk Reduction. In particular, this discussion will focus on...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/land-use-planning-for-disaster-resilience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6229c9d4e120d07695e4a081</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_997fc4271616487abf429206d79f3ec3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Locating the Self]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the second week of learning about Intercultural Knowledge and Practices in the first semester of my MoDDD course, a few concepts stood...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/locating-the-self</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6225fb893ecae966b28b5695</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:25:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_a9cc5f0036614822a9c4994712e8b64d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A River with a City Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Margaret Cook’s book: A River with a City Problem, the first thing that stands out about the work is how the tables are turned on the...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/a-river-with-a-city-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622604069a58eda5a9a54b6a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:17:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_764a53d816644929a92f1513b5363a17~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_964,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apathy and Disaster Risk Reduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2015, the Productivity Commission reported that for every $100 spent on disaster management in Australia, only $3 is spent on disaster...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/apathy-and-disaster-risk-reduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6223881d3d7883de24da259c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:04:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_611abe31070b463ca93bc5a520151427~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_325,h_331,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wider meanings for Design &#38; Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[Figures 1-3: Notes on wider meanings for Disaster, Design and Development When dealing with disasters, recovery and reconstruction...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/a-wider-meaning-for-design-development</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62236ed24437aa2d218a4b00</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 15:17:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_36afe6c2c35d4c13a3db11c56d474bd0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Disaster Management Cycle – Is it really a cycle?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Figure 1: The Disaster Management Cycle. Source/Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The Disaster Management Cycle is a...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/the-disaster-management-cycle-is-it-really-a-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62220e4e01b5cf2c79431ac5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:13:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_69afa573c07e473aabf9cb3a4184dfa0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_813,h_554,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leonie Sandercock’s journey of the Inter-cultural]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the following essay written for HUSO2378 at the RMIT, I will discuss Leonie Sandercock’s work on the journey of their own “exposition,...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/leonie-sandercock-s-journey-of-the-inter-cultural</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621622ed6e35f24dae765c2b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:07:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_11e163a2bbbc4c0dbea52c6c94c13d34~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflexive Narrative for a Kopan Monastery Experience ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The purpose for this essay is as a narrative about a trip to Nepal in 2018 that is discussed in a reflexive manner. Defined by Mann...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/reflexive-essay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6193b5dc2e4bbf0016362287</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:00:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_2126f7a6268d4714b3d1eeef886bae05~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The De-colonial in Reflexive Practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this second week of Inter-Cultural Knowledge and Practices we reflected on the following question through the material referenced,...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/de-colonial-and-reflexivity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6193a34d8e742d0016ac2f01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_bc203cbe2aec48c6b8386b1699e9b08b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_681,h_496,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are “Natural” Disasters Really Natural?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Does The Adjective “Natural” Disaster continue to be used? It is our often unconscious anthropocentric view that results in humans...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/are-natural-disasters-really-natural</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6193babdf3b1e400163e6cd6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:13:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_f8e56ddb7402451ca4444beb12866368~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steven Pinker's data might be right, but...]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a few points that Steven Pinker raises that can be considered as right. However, he is also making statements that are wrong in...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/steven-pinker-s-data-might-be-right-but</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618e6c27912710001610f226</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:32:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_e5582b945c124726a69599434357d237~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inter-cultural Knowledges and Practices: an Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to a discussion and expansion on the inter-cultural. This is a series of posts with reflections and un/learnings from my recent...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/inter-cultural-knowledges-and-practices-an-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618ce9886d27f700163f6e9e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:16:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_d17e22c76ff1438a86b30c286beb0fe9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowchart for Disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I will blog about in the future once I have a better footing, I have recently started the Master of Disaster, Design and Development...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/a-flowchart-summary-for-disaster</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6102cb01485c2b001695b089</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:46:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_a1ce6b30013440f48adfd3a6c0238cdb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Links between Perseus, Calvino and Nietzsche]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his book ‘Six Memos for the Next Millenium’, Calvino uses a myth as a metaphor in describing his lightness of writing within the...]]></description><link>https://www.cutajarmartina.com/post/links-between-perseus-calvino-and-nietzsche</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f819c65292e200158382c6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:00:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc6f13_fb490b269d664864988b18920df4f71a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Martina Cutajar</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>