Series : Real Voices of Reconstruction

Audio recordings of interviews on reconstruction and community building, conducted in the field with residents affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The interviews and surveys of the current state of affected communities are used by students studying community building to explore future paths of rehabilitation.

Voice in Kesennuma – Thirties,Male,Fishery Proccessing,Osawa-Mot...

Voice in Kesennuma – Thirties,Male,Fishery Proccessing,Osawa-Mot..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "Without reconstruction of the fishery processing industry, Kesennuma ...

Read More

Voice in Kesennuma – Seventies,Female,ex-General Store,Tsurugaur...

Voice in Kesennuma – Seventies,Female,ex-General Store,Tsurugaur..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "The younger generation nowadays doesn't even care about maintaining a...

Read More

Voice in Shichigahama – Twenties,Female,Temporary Worker,Sakaiya...

Voice in Shichigahama – Twenties,Female,Temporary Worker,Sakaiya..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "You can't tell what kind of disaster might happen in the future. It m...

Read More

Voice in Ishinomaki – Teens,Female,High School Student,Kanan ...

Voice in Ishinomaki – Teens,Female,High School Student,Kanan ..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "I wonder how the area around here is going to change. I guess it will...

Read More

Voice in Ishinomaki – Fifties,Male,Grocery Storekeeper,Ishinomak...

Voice in Ishinomaki – Fifties,Male,Grocery Storekeeper,Ishinomak..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "Now that a common circumstantial origin between people has been estab...

Read More

Voice in Sendai – Forties, Male, Office Worker, Arahama –

Voice in Sendai – Forties, Male, Office Worker, Arahama –

Real Voices of Reconstruction "It isn't acceptable that we are relocated towards downtown from the r...

Read More

Voice in Sendai – Seventies,Male,ex-Plasterer,Shinhama –

Voice in Sendai – Seventies,Male,ex-Plasterer,Shinhama –

Real Voices of Reconstruction "The area around the sea, windbreak forests, everything has disappeare...

Read More

Voice in Koori-Fukushima – Twenties,Female,Part-Time Jobber,Shib...

Voice in Koori-Fukushima – Twenties,Female,Part-Time Jobber,Shib..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "I thought there's something wrong in that in public, people say that ...

Read More

Voice in Koori-Fukushima – Thirties,Female,Housewife,Danzaki ...

Voice in Koori-Fukushima – Thirties,Female,Housewife,Danzaki ..

Real Voices of Reconstruction "I do feel an urge to take action, but there's really nothing I can do...

Read More

Voice in NATORI – Thirties,Male,Office Worker, Yuriage –

Voice in NATORI – Thirties,Male,Office Worker, Yuriage –

Real Voices of Reconstruction "What I'm hoping is that the town and everything will be get back to n...

Read More

Voice in NATORI – Fifties,Female,Housewife, Masuda –

Voice in NATORI – Fifties,Female,Housewife, Masuda –

Real Voices of Reconstruction "I really hope the huge reconstruction budget won't be wasted." Five m...

Read More

Voice in NATORI – Sixties,Male,Fisherman,Yuriage –

Voice in NATORI – Sixties,Male,Fisherman,Yuriage –

Real Voices of Reconstruction "Well, in order to make a living, I need money. There's no way that my...

Read More