Symposium on Memories and “Negative History”: How to convey the 3.11 Disasters? Co-organized by IRIDeS and the Hoover Institution of Stanford University (2023/9/23)

In total, on the first day about 170 people participated onsite and online, and 36 people joined the Fukushima and Kamishibai tour to Namie Town on the second day. [...] Gerster addressed the challenges in transmitting disaster memory in the regions of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima after the 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake. [...] During the one-day excursion, the participants had the chance to watch Disaster Kamishibai performances at the places significant to the story, such as the Ukedo Elementary School disaster heritage site, and an abandoned cow shed in the nuclear exclusion zone. [...] Overall, the Symposium and Study Tour served as platforms for interdisciplinary dialogue, fostering greater awareness and appreciation for the complexities of cultural memory, disaster storytelling, in the aftermath of historical and contemporary crises. [...] More information and abstracts can be found at the event page: (Eng): (Jp): Video recording of the event: Kamishibai performance accompanied by music and impression of one of the performances held at an abandoned cow shed in the nuc.