Diaspora and Disaster
On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media...
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| description | On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media as well as in research the disaster was perceived as a national catastrophe, overlooking itstransnational character. Japanese diasporic communities worldwide organized support and fundraising events to support the devastated regions and thus showed their solidarity with the homeland. In both transient and permanent Japanese communities being active often became a means to overcome the global, local and personal shockwave of the catastrophe and overcome feelings of insecurity. Yet, the broad variety of activities also furthered diasporic civil society and helped to integrate members of Japanese communities more into the surrounding society. By bringing together disaster studies and diaspora studies and analyzing the reactions of Japanese transient and permanent communities in Ghent, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Sao Paulo, Honolulu and London following the Triple Disaster, this volume will help to get a better understanding of how catastrophes effect diasporic communities. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-698352024-03-28T10:53:08Z Diaspora and Disaster Tagsold, Christian Niehaus, Andreas Japanese communities Triple Disaster diasporic civil society Fukushima Japan thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media as well as in research the disaster was perceived as a national catastrophe, overlooking itstransnational character. Japanese diasporic communities worldwide organized support and fundraising events to support the devastated regions and thus showed their solidarity with the homeland. In both transient and permanent Japanese communities being active often became a means to overcome the global, local and personal shockwave of the catastrophe and overcome feelings of insecurity. Yet, the broad variety of activities also furthered diasporic civil society and helped to integrate members of Japanese communities more into the surrounding society. By bringing together disaster studies and diaspora studies and analyzing the reactions of Japanese transient and permanent communities in Ghent, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Sao Paulo, Honolulu and London following the Triple Disaster, this volume will help to get a better understanding of how catastrophes effect diasporic communities. 2021-05-20T15:25:04Z 2021-05-20T15:25:04Z 2016 book ONIX_20210520_9783110720280_12 2629-5881 9783110720280 9783957580054 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69835 eng Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110720280 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110720280 De Gruyter düsseldorf university press 10.1515/9783110720280 10.1515/9783110720280 af2fbfcc-ee87-43d8-a035-afb9d7eef6a5 9783110720280 9783957580054 düsseldorf university press 1 118 open access |
| spellingShingle | Japanese communities Triple Disaster diasporic civil society Fukushima Japan thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences Diaspora and Disaster |
| title | Diaspora and Disaster |
| title_full | Diaspora and Disaster |
| title_fullStr | Diaspora and Disaster |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diaspora and Disaster |
| title_short | Diaspora and Disaster |
| title_sort | diaspora and disaster |
| topic | Japanese communities Triple Disaster diasporic civil society Fukushima Japan thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences |
| topic_facet | Japanese communities Triple Disaster diasporic civil society Fukushima Japan thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences |
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