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International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: "Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" (held on January 11, 2020)

This page is for information about the Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive held on Saturday, January 11, 2020.

This symposium has already concluded. However, videos, speaker materials, and photos from this symposium can be accessed from this page. Past symposium pages can be viewed on the Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive page.

Purpose of the event

The National Diet Library (NDL) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) of Tohoku University will hold the International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive. First, a special lecture will introduce the efforts of the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hawaii as an overseas example of an earthquake disaster facility. Second, as examples from Japan, we will report on the current situation of earthquake archives and earthquake disaster facilities throughout the country, including the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Hinagiku). Last, we will discuss how earthquake archives and earthquake disaster facilities can build relationships to increase their utilization.

Event overview

Date and Time:

Saturday, January 11, 2020 13:00-16:30

Venue

Auditorium of International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)

Tohoku University 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai

Admission Fee

Free of charge

Capacity

200 seats

How to Apply

Application was closed.


Program

Greeting of opening and outline explanation

Greeting of opening and outline explanation

Fumihiko Imamura(Director of IRIDeS, Tohoku University)

Special Lecture

Introducing the Pacific Tsunami Museum

Marlene Sue Murray (Executive Director, Pacific Tsunami Museum)

Reports 1

What Atsuma Town Wants to Convey from the Hokkaido Iburi Earthquake

Makoto Okita (Manager of Disaster Prevention, Atsuma Town)

Yumeko Nagataki (Chief of Community Development Section Planning Adjustment Group, Atsuma Town)

Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archives of Kumamoto University

Toshitaka Yamao (Professor Emeritus, Kumamoto University)

National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)

Toru Nakagawa (Senior Librarian of Digital Information Department, NDL)

Reports 2

The Disaster Prevention Education Facility (Tsunami Memorial Hall)

Wataru Usuzawa (Office Chief, 3.11 Disaster Analysis Office, Policy and Planning Division, Department of General Affairs and Planning, Kamaishi City)

East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Museum (Iwate TSUNAMI Memorial)

Akihiro Shibayama (Associate Professor of IRIDeS, Tohoku University)

Panel Discussion

Facilities and Archives Commemorating the Disaster

Facilitator: Akihiro Shibayama (Associate Professor of IRIDeS, Tohoku University)

Panelists: The speakers presenting the reports listed above

Closing

Closing greeting

Toru Nakagawa (Senior Librarian of Digital Information Department, NDL)

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