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000018520 046__ $$k2017-01-09
000018520 100__ $$aShibayama, Akihiro
000018520 24500 $$aLearning From Earthquake Memorials: the Case of the Great East Japan Disaster

000018520 24630 $$n16.$$pProceedings of the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000018520 520__ $$2eng$$aThis paper is a study of the roles of disaster memorials with a particular focus on the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). In order to deal with the collective experience of disasters such as earthquakes, societies develop various modes of remembering the event and their victims. One of these strategies consists in the erection of monuments where mourners, survivors, politicians, religious leaders and other visitors may express remember and/or learn about the tragic event. Memorials are often also conceived as material testimonies and symbols warning off the next generation of the potential dangers of earthquakes. Despite their popularity and a long tradition of memorials in Japan, critics have argued that stones did little to protect the lives of people during the GEJE. They argued that these stones may be eventually forgotten and ignored by future generation. In response to these critics, our findings show that the roles of depends not only on the monument itself but also on the other memorial practices such as storytelling, commemorative ceremonies, archiving and disaster education in the broad sense of it. We suggest that memorial monuments must be understood, not as an end in themselves, but as part of a culture of disaster culture.

000018520 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
000018520 653__ $$adisaster; memorial; social recovery; disaster risk reduction; Japan

000018520 7112_ $$a16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cSantiago (CL)$$d2017-01-09 / 2017-01-13$$gWCEE16
000018520 720__ $$aShibayama, Akihiro$$iPenmellen, Sebastien Boret
000018520 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz
000018520 8564_ $$s2697197$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/18520/files/1636.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on USB, paper 1636.
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000018520 980__ $$aPAPER