SENDAI -Towards a Disaster-Resilient and Environmentally-Friendly City

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In May 2011, in a joint effort between citizens, experts from various fields, artists, and staff, the “Center for remembering 3/11” (“Wasuren!”) was opened within the Sendai Mediatheque as a platform to face and reflect on the earthquake, and record and convey the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and the process of recovery and reconstruction.

After observing and listening to the situations of a diverse range of individuals and performing the appropriate information right processing of video recordings, photographs, and recordings, the records are organized and preserved as “Chronicles of Disaster: Residents’ Collaborative Archive”. They are utilized in various forms such as being made available to the public on the center’s website, displayed in libraries, and are exhibited or screened. Additionally, it creates a place for enclosing records and holding discorse about the disaster.