Public lecture "Disaster Anthropology of Japan: Reconsidering "Salvage" and Role of Culture in Crisis"
How can social scientists enter disaster research as affected parties? The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the challenges and prospects of anthropological studies on disasters as a scientist who has experienced them in his home land. There are two contents of my talk. First I will explain the commissioned project on the intangible cultural heritage after the disaster in which I was coincidentally involved by the offer from the local government. It provides a way to reevaluate the salvage concept positively in the context of disaster recovery.