International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2013: "Community memories for the future" (held on January 11, 2014)

The National Diet Library and International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University are pleased to announce a symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive and how to apply the records of and lessons learned from the disaster to reconstruction of the affected area.
The symposium will feature lectures on "2011 year eastern Japan great earthquake digital archive" and "CEISMIC Canterbury earthquake digital archive" followed by case reports and discussion with people from the institutions and organizations involved in application of the records of the disaster.
On Thursday, January 9, the NDL will sponsor a "Seminar about the archives of earthquake disaster: From experiences of New Zealand Canterbury Earthquake and Great East Japan Earthquake" (Japanese) at the Auditorium, Annex, Tokyo Main Library, National Diet Library. Professor Paul Millar will lecture. NDL will broadcast live coverage of the lecture at the Tokyo Main Library to Seminar Room 1, Kansai-kan, National Diet Library.

Program

Lecture

• "Plans and Prospects for a Participatory Digital Archive"
  Professor Andrew Gordon (Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History at Harvard University/ The Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters (The JDArchive)) Project Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)
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• "Why Archive Catastrophe?: The Importance of Preserving and Making Freely Available the Digital Record of a Natural Disaster"
  Professor Paul Millar (Head of the School of Humanities and Creative Arts at the University of Canterbury/ Programme Director of CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive)
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Report

• "Effort for Archive by National Diet Library"
  Mr. Tamotsu Matsumoto (Senior Librarian of Digital Information Department at National Diet Library)
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• "The Disaster archive for local government"
  Associate Professor Akihiro Shibayama (Associate Professor of International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University)
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Case Reports

• "A Study on Chuetsu Earthquake Memorial Corridor"
  Mr. Fumihiro Inagaki (Director of Revival Design Center at Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society)
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• "Record of the efforts of restoration and reconstruction by its members and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Cooperatives"
  Mr. Nobuo Okayama (Representative Senior Managing Director of Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.)
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• "Efforts of the "3.11 Archives Miyagi Meeting"
  Ms. Kuniko Sakata (Senior Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University)
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• "Efforts for "Collection of the Great east Japan earthquake" of Miyagi Prefectural Library"
  Mr. Makoto Tanaka (Administrative Staff, "Collection of the Great east Japan earthquake" Organize Team, Miyagi Prefectural Library)
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Discussion

• "Community memories for the future"
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• Coordinator
  Professor Fumihiko Imamura (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University)

• Panelists
  Mr. Fumihiro Inagaki (Director of Revival Design Center at Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society)
  Mr. Nobuo Okayama (President, Executive Managing Director of Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.)
  Mr. Kosuke Kawamura (Senior Engineer Disaster Prevention and Regional Support Division, Mie Prefectural Government)
  Ms. Kuniko Sakata (Senior Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University)
  Mr. Makoto Tanaka (Administrative Staff, "Collection of the Great east Japan earthquake" Organize Team, Miyagi Prefectural Library)
  Mr. Hiroshi Mizutani (Head of Toyoma Elementary School of Iwaki-shi, Fukushima Prefecture)
  Mr. Tamotsu Matsumoto (Senior Librarian of Digital Information Department at National Diet Library)
  
  

  Date and time	January 11, 2014 (Sat.), 13:00-17:30 (Doors open at 12:30)
  Venue	Tohoku University Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, CENTER HALL, CenterSquare, School of Engineering, Aobayama Campus Traffic access
  Capacity	300 seats
  Admission fee	Free of charge
  How to apply	Application was closed.
  For enquiries	Ms. Ono, Mr. Sato, Mr. Shibayama D Disaster Digital Archive, Disaster Information Management and Public Collaboration Division, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University E-mail: archiveforum@irides.tohoku.ac.jp Tel: 022-795-4842
  Public Relations Materials	Poster and handbill