This study provides a commentary of the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 as a theoretical (as well as empirical) event. Drawing on the ideas of Alain Badiou, it represents the earthquakes and their aftershocks as a rupturing of the established order of things; a distinctive space in which fidelity to the event has the potential to unleash new beginnings and imaginations. Qualitative research by the authors with older people and third sector organisations in Christchurch provides initial evidence of the mundane encounters with the truth of the event, and of the fostering of alternative subjectivities and creative participatory practices that arise in fidelity to the event.

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2010 年、2011 年基督城地震：事件的地理

这项研究提供了对 2010 年和 2011 年基督城地震的评论，作为理论（以及经验）事件。借鉴阿兰·巴迪欧的思想，将地震及其余震描绘成对既定秩序的破坏；一个独特的空间，在其中忠实于事件有可能释放新的开始和想象力。作者对基督城的老年人和第三部门组织进行的定性研究提供了初步证据，证明世俗遭遇事件的真相，以及培育替代的主观性和创造性的参与实践，从而忠实于事件。