DRRN member Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura has published two thought-provoking chapters that delve into the role of art and memory in disaster recovery, focusing on the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11).
1."A Future for Memory: Resurgence of Culture-Nature in the Aftermath of 3.11"
Published in The Ethics of Collecting Trauma (Routledge, 2024), this chapter explores themes of regeneration, culture-nature connections, and meaningful memory creation after the disaster.
A Future for Memory: Resurgence of Culture-Nature in the Aftermath of 3.11
In Alexandra Bounia and Andrea Witcomb (eds.) The Ethics of Collecting Trauma: The Role of Museums in Collecting and Displaying Contemporary Crises, Routledge. Published in October 2024.
A pile of “flecon” (flexible container) bags, Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, December 2016. Photo: Fuyubi Nakamura
2. "Responses in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Conversation"
Co-authored with Hiroyasu Yamauchi and published in Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice (UCL Press, 2024), this chapter reflects on documenting and curating exhibitions about the disaster at the Rias Ark Museum of Art in Kesennuma City, Japan.
Responses in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Conversation
With Hiroyasu Yamauchi. In Cara Krmpotich and Alice Stevenson (eds.) Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice, London: UCL Press. Published in July 2024.
Situation at Naka-machi, Kesennuma City, March 23, 2011. Photo by Shiryū Okano. Courtesy of the Rias Ark Museum of Art.