This video report, filmed by photojournalist and documentarian Jake Price, captures the spirit of collaboration in Tohoku surrounding the construction of a gathering space for local residents affected by the 3.11 triple disaster.
The video can also be found and viewed online.
Thank you to the Toshiba International Foundation for supporting this effort.
Our team is working hard on the production of a video capturing the story and process of the Garden Pavilione at Baba Nakayama. Check back in the coming months when we unveil the final production.
- The MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative team
The MIT Inter-University Program in Japan (MIT iUP)’s recent activities from Fall 2012 in the Minamisanriku region of Tohoku are now live for viewing in this video compilation by participant Vanessa Powell of the University of Gloucestershire.
BEYOND_3.11
Minamisanriku
南三陸町
The Work of MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative 2011-2012
an Exhibit at Gallery A4 TOKYO
February 2013
Visitors to the exhibit listen to Goto Kazuma, one of the residents of Minamisanriku, tell the story of his experience during and after the earthquake tsunami.
Take a virtual tour of the exhibit :
For more information, read the introduction to the BEYOND 3.11 exhibit, in English.
Take a virtual journey on the Kesennuma Line, the East Japan Railway (JR) local line that runs up the coast in Miyagi Prefecture. It was severely damaged or – in some cases – completely destroyed during the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. This video was filmed in 2009 with the last stop being Utatsu, where reconstruction is currently underway in conjunction with the community.
The Japan 3/11 Initiative was featured today in MIT News, showcasing upcoming projects for Year Two. Check out the link for updates as well as an interview with Shun Kanda on the intent behind the Initiative.
Check out this excellent video, capturing the story of the Babadoru 5-chome community and the shelter designed for them by the Japan 3/11 Initiative team. The narrative was artfully created by Atsushi Miyazaki.
Mayor Jin Sato and other Minami Sanriku residents were recently interviewed by MSNBC, on rebuilding 8 months after the tsunami.
During this summer’s workshop, Jegen Vincent de Paul and Shun Kanda conducted a series of interviews in Minami-Sanriku with the help of the Japanese filmmaker and translator Takaharu Saito.
Watch an excerpt of interviews from “Minami-Sanriku: An Archaeology of People and Place” below: