Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) has been hosting serieses of talks encompassing Japanese politics, economy, cultures and arts. With the experts from Europe, U.S. and Japan, we deliver the talks in multiple languages including Japanese, Korean and English.
We are pleased to host No.271 lecture as a part of Japan Specialist Seminars, titled “Contemplating the recovery from a disaster (災害からの復興を考える)”
Title : Contemplating the recovery from a disaster ( 災害からの復興を考える)
Lecturer : Professor Yoshiyuki Yama (山泰幸), Director, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance, Kwansei Gakuin University
Language : Japanese
Time : Nov 29h (Tuesday) 2022 12:30 – 14:00
Venue: ZOOM
Zoom ID : 583 289 8745
Link : https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/5832898745
Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth, and Governance in Kwansei Gakuin University was established in 2005, ten years after the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Great Hanshin Earthquake), as the social responsibility of universities in the areas affected by the earthquake. In Japan, where there are many natural disasters , and disaster-prevention research is active in the field of natural science. However, there are not enough humanities and social sciences research on "resurrection" after the disaster, so at that time, the Institute started as Japan's first research institute with a state-of-the-art theme : "resurrection."
Professor Yama himself has repeated practical research on the existing civil engineering concept of "revival" and invented the concept of "symbolic revival". The presenter points out the importance of "revival rituals" that give shape to the revival of festivals as the symbols of regions, cultural heritage reconstruction, and people's sense of revival.
From this point of view, this presentation will consider not only natural disasters but also the revival from "disasters" or "devastations," including accidents and infectious diseases, with the Itaewon Disaster and crowd accidents in Japan in mind.
Inquiry : SNU-IJS (880-8503 / ijs@snu.ac.kr)
