It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude
earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest
recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters,
devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in
meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima; experts
in disarray and suffering victims young and old. It was, as well,
an unlikely convergence of legacies. Submerged traumas resurfaced
and communities long accustomed to living quietly with hazards
suddenly were heard. New legacies of disaster were handed down,
unfolding slowly for generations to come. The defining disaster of
contemporary Japanese history still goes by many different names:
The Great East Japan Earthquake; the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and
Tsunami; the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster; the 3.11 Triple
Disaster. Each name represents a struggle to place the disaster on
a map and fix a date to a timeline. But within each of these names
hides a combination of disasters and legacies that converged on
March 11, 2011, before veering away in all directions: to the past,
to the future, across a nation, and around the world. Which
pathways from the past will continue, which pathways ended with
3.11, and how are these legacies entangled? Legacies of Fukushima
places these questions front and center. The authors collected here
contextualize 3.11 as a disaster with a long period of premonition
and an uncertain future. The volume employs a critical disaster
studies approach, and the authors are drawn from the realms of
journalism and academia, science policy and citizen science,
activism and governance-and they come from East Asia, America, and
Europe. 3.11 is a Japanese legacy with global impact, and the
authors and their methods reflect this diversity of experience.
Contributors: Sean Bonner, Azby Brown, Kyle Cleveland, Martin
Fackler, Robert Jacobs, Paul Jobin, Kohta Juraku, Tatsuhiro
Kamisato, Jeff Kingston, William J. Kinsella, Scott Gabriel
Knowles, Robert Jay Lifton, Luis Felipe R. Murillo, Basak
Sarac-Lesavre, Sonja D. Schmid, Ryuma Shineha, James Simms,
Tatsujiro Suzuki, Ekou Yagi.
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