ABSTRACT Culture, by its very nature, is always at risk of change – whether through transformation, destruction or redefinition. So how might culture be said to be particularly at risk in the context of ‘natural’ disasters, and how are disasters ‘naturalised’ or incorporated under the terms of different cultural regimes? An earlier focus on the impacts to built or tangible heritage is increasingly being balanced by a concern for the transformations wrought by disasters in the intangible heritage of communities. Through the recent event of Cyclone Pam in 2015, and a case study of the World Heritage site of Chief Roi Mata’s Domain (CRMD), we explore the ways in which repetitive natural hazards have shaped culture and tangible and intangible forms of heritage in Vanuatu. We focus in particular on the issue of cultural transmission at CRMD and its relationship to natural hazards through the device of a ‘disaster biography’. Risk can also carry with it the prospect of opportunity, and our paper seeks to understand how opportunity might be present in post-disaster reworkings of culture and heritage.

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灾难即机遇？气旋帕姆与文化遗产的传承

摘要 文化，就其本质而言，总是面临变革的风险——无论是通过转型、破坏还是重新定义。那么，在“自然”灾害的背景下，如何才能说文化尤其处于危险之中，以及如何在不同文化制度的条件下“自然化”或纳入灾害？早期对建筑遗产或有形遗产影响的关注越来越多地被对灾难对社区非物质遗产造成的转变的关注所平衡。通过最近在 2015 年发生的飓风帕姆事件，以及对罗伊玛塔酋长领地 (CRMD) 世界遗产地的案例研究，我们探索了重复性自然灾害如何塑造瓦努阿图的文化以及有形和无形形式的遗产。我们特别关注 CRMD 的文化传播问题及其通过“灾难传记”的手段与自然灾害的关系。风险也可以带来机遇的前景，我们的论文试图了解机遇如何在文化和遗产的灾后改造中出现。