Archiving and Memorializing Disasters 
Report of a UN International Workshop

Sébastien Penmellen Boret; Akihiro Shibayama

doi:10.20965/jdr.2016.p0437

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JDR Vol.11 No.3 pp. 437-442

(2016)

doi: 10.20965/jdr.2016.p0437

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Archiving and Memorializing Disasters Report of a UN International Workshop

Sébastien Penmellen Boret and Akihiro Shibayama

International Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
Arakamaki Aoba 468-1, Aoba-ward, Sendai 980-0845, Japan

Received:

September 2, 2015

Accepted:

January 5, 2016

Published:

June 1, 2016

Keywords:

disaster archive, memorialization, disaster risk reduction

Abstract

This paper reports on the Archiving and Memorializing Disasters International Workshop, a side event organized for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held on March 14-18, 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The public workshop consisted of presentations by experts of disaster archives and a panel discussion. The wide-ranging backgrounds of these experts – anthropology, history and engineering – provided for a pioneering and interdisciplinary approach to the fields of disaster archives and memorialization. The aim of this workshop was to reflect on the potential roles of disaster archives and memorialization, with particular reference to the third priority for action – Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience – of the new UN-endorsed Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-30). Presentations covered several projects in digital archiving of disasters and research on memorialization processes of disasters. It was concluded that archiving and memorialization can, and should, play a complementary and significant role in disaster risk reduction.

Cite this article as:

S. Boret and A. Shibayama, “Archiving and Memorializing Disasters Report of a UN International Workshop,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.11 No.3, pp. 437-442, 2016.

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References

[1] The program and photographs are available on the website of Tohoku University DDR Actions http://drr.tohoku.ac.jp/en/archives/977 [accessed March 1, 2016]
[2] J. Telford and J. Cosgrave, “Tsunami Evaluation Coalition, Joint Evaluation of the International Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Synthesis Report,” London: TEC, 2006.
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[4] S. Brett, L. Bickford, L. Ševenko, and M. Rios, “Memorialization and Democracy: State Policy and Civic Action,” New York: International Center for Transitional Justice, 2007.

This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationa License.

[1] [1] The program and photographs are available on the website of Tohoku University DDR Actions http://drr.tohoku.ac.jp/en/archives/977 [accessed March 1, 2016]

[2] [2] J. Telford and J. Cosgrave, “Tsunami Evaluation Coalition, Joint Evaluation of the International Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Synthesis Report,” London: TEC, 2006.

[3] [3] F. Ranghieri and M. Ishiwatari (Eds), “Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons from the GEJE,” Washington: The World Bank, 2014.

[4] [4] S. Brett, L. Bickford, L. Ševenko, and M. Rios, “Memorialization and Democracy: State Policy and Civic Action,” New York: International Center for Transitional Justice, 2007.